{"product_id":"9780807774014","title":"The Colors of Learning: Integrating the Visual Arts Into the Early Childhood Curriculum","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnique in its creativity and depth of understanding, \u003cem\u003eThe Colors of Learning\u003c\/em\u003e will change the way that teachers think about and react to children’s artwork. Promoting the integration of visual art into \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003eearly childhood curriculum areas, this volume will help early childhood professionals present in-depth art experiences to children so that they become engrossed in expressing their ideas and newly learned concepts through art media. This user-friendly volume features actual classroom dialogue throughout the text and many illustrations of children’s art, including some in full color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on standards endorsed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Art Education Association (NAEA), this important book focuses on:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLev Vygotsky’s theory of social interactions in learning, showing how teacher-child and child-child relations become an important part of the art experience.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelping teachers to use more effective language to build children’s conceptual knowledge and guide them in their art making.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe use of many kinds of art media, providing examples of developmentally appropriate activities to improve children’s thinking and learning.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoving away from art that is solely created to be \"cute\" and pleasing to adults to art experiences that develop the child’s individual expression.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The authors have given the field of early education a valuable, usable gift—one that will have a great impact on young children’s lives and those who teach them.”\u003cbr\u003e—From the Foreword by \u003cstrong\u003eCarol Seefeldt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The Colors of Learning\u003c\/em\u003e provides a new awareness of why and how to integrate art into all subject areas in early childhood curriculum . . . should help all teachers of young children to enhance and enjoy their teaching and the children’s learning.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eMeg Barden Cline\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lecturer (retired), University of Massachusetts at Amherst\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068386164976,"sku":"9780807774014","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807774014_p0.jpg?v=1763740908","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807774014","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}