The Language of Art: Inquiry-Based Studio Practices in Early Childhood Settings

Type

Book

Authors

Ann Pelo

ISBN 10

1929610998

ISBN 13

9781929610990

Tags

Study & Teaching, Parenting, Arts & Humanities, Early Childhood Education, Curricula

Description

Incorporate inquiry-based practices into your early childhood classroom or family child care program. Inspired by an approach to teaching and learning born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, The Language of Art emphasizes investigation anchored by drawing, painting, and other art activities. It provides:advice on setting up a studio space for art and inquirystudio explorations designed to give children a basic fluency in artsuggestions for documenting children's developing fluency with art media and its use in inquiryguidelines for using children's new-found fluency as a tool for investigation.Even if you use a space not designed specifically for art instruction or even for an early childhood program, The Language of Art shows how you can simply start where you are. - from Amzon

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