Author : Joan P. Isenberg
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,9 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Creative activities and seat work
ISBN : 9780130873088
This popular book provides novice and experienced early childhood teachers and caregivers with the roles, responsibilities, and strategies that lead to a more child-centered, play-based curriculum-- to nurture children's creative expression in all of its forms. It shows how to foster learning and growth by integrating children's creativity and play into the curriculum. The authors treat play and creative expression as the cornerstones of a child-centered classroom through foundational chapters on creativity, play, and the arts. The book also contains three unique chapters on the traditional treatment of creativity and play-- assessment, guidance, and families. For teachers, parents, and any other adults involved in the early development of children.