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Online Companion: Creativity and the Arts with Young Children
Chapter 9: The
Expressive Arts in the Early Childhood Classroom and Curriculum
Personal Creativity
Journal Entries
9:A
- How would you rationalize
the inclusion of the arts with young children?
- How would you
use information you have gained through the semester?
9:B
- What is a position
paper?
- How can these
professional papers be used to support the use of the arts in early
childhood programs?
- If you were writing
a position paper, what would you include to rationalize the use of the
arts with young children?
9:C
- Have you had any
experience with an Artist-in-Residence program?
- How could these
programs expand the world for young children?
- What artist would
you like to see in schools and centers?
9:D
- How can children's
literature be used to integrate the arts into the early childhood classroom?
- What books or
stories would provide an avenue for interweaving art, music, movement,
and drama into the curriculum?
9:E
- What are the benefits
of using long-term projects that come from children's interests?
- How can the arts
be included in these projects and provide expanded opportunities for
learning?
9:F
- How can the arts
be included in content areas?
- Brainstorm possible
opportunities for using the arts in the study of science.
- What about other
content areas?
Web
Sites
Challenge
2000 Multimedia Project
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/
The Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project is an innovative program
that harnesses the power of multimedia to engage students in challenging
learning activities. Students complete projects that draw on real-world
information and research methods and design them as sophisticated multimedia
presentations. Students learn coursework and technology skills in a way
that also fosters valuable workplace competencies such as teamwork, communication,
planning, and problem-solving. Students display their work at Project-sponsored
multimedia fairs. Contact: Michael Simkins, Project Director Joint Venture:
Silicon Valley Network, 99 Almaden Blvd., Suite 700, San Jose, CA 95113-1605,
Phone: 408-938-1512, Fax: 408-271-7214, and E-mail: msimkins@jointventure.org
Association
for Experiential Education
http://www.aee.org/
The mission of the Association for Experiential Education is to
develop and promote experiential education. The Association is committed
to support professional development, theoretical advancement, and evaluation
of experiential education worldwide. Contact: Association for Experiential
Education, 2305 Canyon Blvd., Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80302-5651, Phone:
303-440-8844, Fax: 303-440-9581, and E-mail: ed@aee.org
Early
Childhood Education Links
http://www.galstar.com/~davii/jilllink.html
A Web site of information links on Early Childhood Education. A forum
for articles, ideas, and resources for educators and parents of children
in early childhood (three to eight). Contact: Jill M. Davis by E-mail:
davii@galstar.com
Project
Approach Resources
http://www.project-approach.com
The purpose of this Web site is to provide readers with resources to enable
them to carry out projects wherever they may work with children. The site
is intended to make available some accounts of successful projects undertaken
by teachers working with children of different ages and cultures in different
parts of the world. The site also offers more formal means of study of
the project approach through accompanying online courses for teachers.
Finally, the site serves as a starting point for discussions on the project
approach by providing links or access to a variety of listservs (mailing
lists), Web-based conferences, and similar organizations. Contact: Sylvia
C. Chard, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, Director of
the Child Study Centre, Department of Elementary Education, 551 Education
Bldg. S, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G5, Phone: 780-492-4273 Extension
236, Fax: 780-437-7987, and E-mail: Sylvia. Chard@ualberta.ca
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