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The language of art : inquiry-based studio practices in early childhood settings / Ann Pelo.

By: Pelo, Ann, 1965-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: St. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press, 2007Description: ix, 139 p. : ill. (some col) ; 29 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9781929610990; 1929610998.Subject(s): Art -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) | Reggio Emilia approach (Early childhood education)DDC classification: 372.5
Contents:
General guidelines for studio explorations -- Exploring textures and movement -- Cornstarch and water -- Fingerpaint -- Easel paint -- Exploring color -- Black and white paints -- Tempera paints -- Watercolor paints -- Oil pastels and chalk pastels -- Three dimensional media -- First steps into clay: stage one -- First steps into clay: stage two -- Further steps into clay -- Found materials and loose parts -- Wire -- Representational drawing and painting -- Still life portraits -- Self portraits -- Murals -- Growing a culture of inquiry through art -- Using art media to grow long-term investigations -- To see takes time: a long term investigation into the lives of leaves.

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Incorporate inquiry-based practices into your early childhood classroom or family child care program. Inspired by an approach to teaching and learning born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, The Language of Art emphasizes investigation anchored by drawing, painting, and other art activities. It provides:

advice on setting up a studio space for art and inquiry
studio explorations designed to give children a basic fluency in art
suggestions for documenting children's developing fluency with art media and its use in inquiry
guidelines for using children's new-found fluency as a tool for investigation.

Even if you use a space not designed specifically for art instruction or even for an early childhood program, The Language of Art shows how you can simply start where you are.

Includes bibliographical references (page 139).

General guidelines for studio explorations -- Exploring textures and movement -- Cornstarch and water -- Fingerpaint -- Easel paint -- Exploring color -- Black and white paints -- Tempera paints -- Watercolor paints -- Oil pastels and chalk pastels -- Three dimensional media -- First steps into clay: stage one -- First steps into clay: stage two -- Further steps into clay -- Found materials and loose parts -- Wire -- Representational drawing and painting -- Still life portraits -- Self portraits -- Murals -- Growing a culture of inquiry through art -- Using art media to grow long-term investigations -- To see takes time: a long term investigation into the lives of leaves.

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