Art and creative development for young children /Robert Schirrmacher.
- Albany, New York : Delmar Publishers, (c)1988.
- viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Creativity -- Understanding Creativity -- Beginnings of Creativity -- Explaining Creativity -- Obstacles to Creativity -- Children Need Adults Who Facilitate Creative Expression -- Comparing and Contrasting Creativity -- Creativity and Child Development -- Creative Thinking -- Activities for Creative Thinking -- Facilitating Young Children's Creative Thinking -- Strategies to Facilitate Creative Thinking -- Creative Experiences -- Creativity Enhances Children's Development -- Modes of Creative Expression -- Children Express Their Creativity through Play -- Children Express Their Creativity through Language -- Children Express Their Creativity through Music and Movement -- Facilitating Children's Creative Expression -- Mark Making -- Young Children As Artists: A Developmental View -- Art and the Developing Child -- Developmental Model -- Developmental Profile -- Context: Interaction of Child Development and Environmental Influences -- Processing with Art Materials and Tools -- Special Needs and Cultural Diversity -- Diversity -- Going Beyond Normal, Typical, and Average -- Valuing Individual Differences -- Providing for Young Children with Individual Differences -- Some General Guidelines for Working with Young Children with Special Needs -- Providing for Cultural Diversity -- Some General Guidelines for Working with Young Children from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds -- Helping Children Grow Up Free of Bias -- Anti-Bias Curriculum -- Multicultural Arts and Crafts -- Resources for Multicultural and Anti-Bias Materials.