"When children make beautiful drawings, we think it is wonderful. But in the early years many adults find it hard to understand what children are doing when they scribble, smear, or draw endless lines. This book shows that creativity for young children is so much more than drawing or painting something beautiful. It is a way of understanding the world with their hands and learning through play, art, and science. Drawing on the Reggio Emilia approach, this book explores the creative process and argues that children should be ...
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"When children make beautiful drawings, we think it is wonderful. But in the early years many adults find it hard to understand what children are doing when they scribble, smear, or draw endless lines. This book shows that creativity for young children is so much more than drawing or painting something beautiful. It is a way of understanding the world with their hands and learning through play, art, and science. Drawing on the Reggio Emilia approach, this book explores the creative process and argues that children should be encouraged to have fun, explore, and experiment with materials without having a fixed result in mind. The authors go against traditional setups where an adult demonstrates how it should be done, showing instead that an inspiring environment, open-ended resources, and responsive adults are needed to nurture children's natural drive to explore, test materials and create, with intrinsic motivation. With its appealing full colour photographs, this fully updated English edition offers inspiration, a sustainable vision, and tools for supervising creative processes at school, in childcare centres and at home. Full of practical guidance, it is essential reading for anyone working with young children wanting to help them develop into creative, independent people"--
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 168 p. Contains: Illustrations, color, Halftones, color, Line drawings, color. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 168 p. Contains: Illustrations, color, Halftones, color, Line drawings, color. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 168 p. Contains: Illustrations, color, Halftones, color, Line drawings, color. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.