Growing Artists: Teaching Art for Young Children

by Joan Bouza Koster and Joan Bouza Koster

Book Overview

GROWING ARTISTS: TEACHING THE ARTS TO YOUNG CHILDREN, 5th Edition, provides early childhood educators with the theoretical framework and background knowledge needed to design creative arts activities... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827375441
• ISBN13: 9780827375444
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Delmar
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.1" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Wish I had this textbook in college!

This art education book is wonderfully presented! After renewing it from the library for over a month, I knew that I needed to own a copy of this book. As an art teacher in a very new and growing facility, I found this book to be a wonderful form of continued education. It is helping me stay up-to-date on theories and practices in the early childhood art field and is helping me grow as an educator. The author offers practical advice as well as situational anecdotes in all categories of art education. I highly recommend this book! I wish my professor had used it in college, I would have learned a lot more and been better prepared for what I am dealing with now!

A terrific book. Practical, up-to-date. Inspiring.

The author writes with enthusiam and knowledge. The depth of coverage is excellent. There are many wonderful features: art terms, teacher tips, addressing special needs, presenting artworks and dealing with safety issues. It clearly explains what to do and say when teaching art to toddlers through 8 year olds. It covers all art media in depth. Special attention is paid to integrating art using thematic teaching and the project approach. It is rich in appropriate theory and curriculum. This is a book for teachers just starting out and for those who want to up-date their teaching of art.