Download or read book The Active creative Child written by Stephanie D. Vlahov and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook for coping, establishing realistic boundaries and avoiding labels when you have a inquisitive child. This book provides help for you to support a child's natural curiosity and energy; work with your child's energy; keep your own ego from interfering with your child's passion; avoid over-stimulation; and choose the best artistic outlets.

Download or read book Live Skills Activity Book for Active Creative Kids the Thinking Tree written by Melissa Dougherty and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Art and Creative Development for Young Children written by J. Englebright Fox and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ART AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, 7th Edition, is a comprehensive, must-have resource for establishing and implementing a developmentally appropriate art program. Written for pre-service and in-service early childhood professionals in child care, preschool, or kindergarten through third grade settings, the text takes a child-centered approach to art education. The book blends theory and research with practical applications as it discusses important topics and issues related to creative experience, including art and the developing child, special needs and diversity, and children's artistic development. Also discussed are planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating art along with strategies for integrating art across the curriculum. The updated Seventh Edition gives greater emphasis to communication with families, and includes such new topics as digital camerawork and the use of recycled materials in art. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Download or read book Raising a Creative Child written by Cynthia MacGregor and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Artists, writers, and poets are not only ones who need to think creatively: Everyone needs to use his or her imagination to get ahead in life. Now you can help your child develop this important skill with the thought-provoking art and writing activities and dozens of games in Raising a Creative Child." "Kids from preschoolers through junior high school students will enjoy the broad range of fun things do in this book, including how to write an imaginary letter from an ancestor, script and perform in plays, design greeting cards and wrapping paper, write and draw comic strips, make phone-wire sculptures, write songs and poems, and much, much more." "Best of all, with these projects, specifically designed to foster creativity in children, you won't have to fight your child to turn off the television and exercise those creativity muscles!"--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book The Artist s Way for Parents written by Julia Cameron and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “For decades, people have been asking me to write this book. The Artist’s Way focuses on a creative recovery. We re-cover the ground we have traveled in our past. The Artist’s Way for Parents focuses on creative cultivation, where we consciously—and playfully—put our children on a healthy creative path toward the future.” —Julia Cameron Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Award represents “Better Books for a Better World”—the Gold Award (Best Book of the Year) in the category of Parenting/Family. From the bestselling author of The Artist’s Way comes the most highly requested addition to Julia Cameron’s canon of work on the creative process. The Artist’s Way for Parents provides an ongoing spiritual toolkit that parents can enter—and re-enter—at any pace and at any point in their child’s early years. According to Cameron: “Every child is creative—and every parent is creative. Your child requires joy, and exercising creativity, both independently and together, makes for a happy and fulfilling family life.” Focusing on parents and their children from birth to age twelve, The Artist’s Way for Parents builds on the foundation of The Artist’s Way and shares it with the next generation. Using spiritual concepts and practical tools, this book will assist parents as they guide their children to greater creativity.

Download or read book 101 Innovative Ideas for Creative Kids written by Claudia Dodson and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2000-06-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of National Education Standards -- 1. Reading and Language Arts -- 2. Journal Writing Ideas -- 3. Class Books to Create -- 4. Mathematics -- 5. Science and Social Studies -- 6. Seasonal Ideas -- 7. Fun Activities for Outdoor or Active Play -- 8. Motivational and Organizational Ideas.

Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of the Neuroscience of Creativity written by Rex E. Jung and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, the brain bases of creativity have been of great interest to scholars and the public alike. However, recent technological innovations in the neurosciences, coupled with theoretical and methodological advances in creativity assessment, have enabled humans to gain unprecedented insights into the contributions of the brain to creative thought. This unique volume brings together contributions by the very best scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of cutting edge research on this important and fascinating topic. The chapters discuss creativity's relationship with intelligence, motivation, psychopathology and pharmacology, as well as the contributions of general psychological processes to creativity, such as attention, memory, imagination, and language. This book also includes specific and novel approaches to understanding creativity involving musicians, polymaths, animal models, and psychedelic experiences. The chapters are meant to give the reader a solid grasp of the diversity of approaches currently at play in this active and rapidly growing field of inquiry.

Download or read book Designing the Creative Child written by Amy F. Ogata and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-04-21 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The postwar American stereotypes of suburban sameness, traditional gender roles, and educational conservatism have masked an alternate self-image tailor-made for the Cold War. The creative child, an idealized future citizen, was the darling of baby boom parents, psychologists, marketers, and designers who saw in the next generation promise that appeared to answer the most pressing worries of the age. Designing the Creative Child reveals how a postwar cult of childhood creativity developed and continues to this day. Exploring how the idea of children as imaginative and naturally creative was constructed, disseminated, and consumed in the United States after World War II, Amy F. Ogata argues that educational toys, playgrounds, small middle-class houses, new schools, and children’s museums were designed to cultivate imagination in a growing cohort of baby boom children. Enthusiasm for encouraging creativity in children countered Cold War fears of failing competitiveness and the postwar critique of social conformity, making creativity an emblem of national revitalization. Ogata describes how a historically rooted belief in children’s capacity for independent thinking was transformed from an elite concern of the interwar years to a fully consumable and aspirational ideal that persists today. From building blocks to Gumby, playhouses to Playskool trains, Creative Playthings to the Eames House of Cards, Crayola fingerpaint to children’s museums, material goods and spaces shaped a popular understanding of creativity, and Designing the Creative Child demonstrates how this notion has been woven into the fabric of American culture.

Download or read book The Artist s Way for Parents written by Julia Cameron and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The Artist's Way for Parents, Cameron helps parents unleash their children's creativity and sense of wonder." —BookPage Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Award represents “Better Books for a Better World”—the Gold Award (Best Book of the Year) in the category of Parenting/Family. According to Cameron, “Every child is creative—and every parent is creative. Your child requires joy, and exercising creativity, both independently and together, makes for a happy and fulfilling family life.” Focusing on parents and their children, newborn through age twelve, The Artist’s Way for Parents builds on the foundation of The Artist’s Way and shares it with the next generation. The spiritual concepts and practical tools in this book will guide parents as they steer their children gently to greater creativity. The Artist’s Way for Parents provides an ongoing spiritual toolkit that parents can enter—and reenter—at any pace and at any point in their children’s early years.

Download or read book International Handbook on Giftedness written by Larisa Shavinina and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-08-12 with total page 1546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook presents a panoramic view of the field of giftedness. It offers a comprehensive and authoritative account on what giftedness is, how it is measured, how it is developed, and how it affects individuals, societies, and the world as a whole. It examines in detail recent advances in gifted education. The handbook also presents the latest advances in the fast-developing areas of giftedness research and practice, such as gifted education and policy implications. In addition, coverage provides fresh ideas, from entrepreneurial giftedness to business talent, which will help galvanize and guide the study of giftedness for the next decade.

Download or read book Why Is My Child in Charge written by Claire Lerner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solve toddler challenges with eight key mindshifts that will help you parent with clarity, calmness, and self-control. In Why is My Child in Charge?, Claire Lerner shows how making critical mindshifts—seeing children’s behaviors through a new lens —empowers parents to solve their most vexing childrearing challenges. Using real life stories, Lerner unpacks the individualized process she guides parents through to settle common challenges, such as throwing tantrums in public, delaying bedtime for hours, refusing to participate in family mealtimes, and resisting potty training. Lerner then provides readers with a roadmap for how to recognize the root cause of their child’s behavior and how to create and implement an action plan tailored to the unique needs of each child and family. Why is My Child in Charge? is like having a child development specialist in your home. It shows how parents can develop proven, practical strategies that translate into adaptable, happy kids and calm, connected, in-control parents.

Download or read book Young Children and the Arts written by Carol Korn-Bursztyn and published by IAP. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Children and the Arts: Nurturing Imagination and Creativity examines the place of the arts in the experiences of young and very young children at home and in out-of-home settings at school and in the community. There is great need for development of resources in the arts specifically designed to introduce babies and toddlers to participatory experiences in the visual arts, dance, music, and storytelling/theater. This book presents valuable guidelines for early childhood teachers, families, caregivers and community organizations. Young Children and the Arts presents a comprehensive approach to the arts that is aligned with early childhood developmentally appropriate practice and that combines an exploratory, materials-based approach with an aesthetic-education approach for children from birth to eight years of age. It addresses both how the arts are foundational to learning, and how teachers and parents can nurture young children’s developing imagination and creativity. The models presented emphasize a participatory approach, introducing young children to the arts through activities that call for engagement, initiative and creative activity. Additionally, Young Children and the Arts addresses the intersection of early childhood education and the arts—at points of convergence, and at moments of tension. The role of families and communities in developing and promoting arts suffused experiences for and with young children are addressed. Young Children and the Arts examines the role of innovative arts policy in supporting a broad-based early arts program across the diverse settings in which young children and their families live, work, and learn.

Download or read book Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.

Download or read book You Don t Know Anything written by Nadir Baksh and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2013-02-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help Your Teenagers and Yourself to a Saner, Safer Life. This book offers immediate and clear help to parents, family members and teachers who are angry, confused, frustrated, sad, or at their wit’s end in dealing with their teenagers. Topics include: • Understanding the real anxieties of 21st-century teenagers • Creating and maintaining boundaries (and consequences) that work • What to do about lying and manipulation • Sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll – their choices and your guidance • Maximizing their safety in: driving, working, use of the Internet ... etc. • Helping kids cope with societal and peer pressures The blinders have been on long enough! This book allows readers to see exactly what is going on in teenagers’ thoughts, actions and lives, and offers workable ways of dealing with behavioral issues. – Susie Emerson, R.N. With strong conviction, the authors present compelling reasons for establishing a solid parental presence in the life of our children. As parents of four, we found this book to provide direct and practical advice. Readers will walk away feeling more competent, capable, and definitely well supported in their role as parents. – Dominick Scotto, STM (Sacred Theology), MSW, high school teacher; and Pandora Scotto, MSW, LCSW This concise treatise on the highly emotional, chaotic and downright frightening teenage years defines and enumerates the responsibilities and actions of both parents and teenagers; it is easily read and eminently useful. – John Blackard, D.D.S. This book gives parents a no-holds-barred approach to keeping a step ahead of their teen, and by that I mean keeping them safe, establishing boundaries, and enforcing rules until they develop the proper skills necessary for independence. – Uwe W. Geertz, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

Download or read book In The Best Interest of the Child written by Nadir Baksh and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2013-02-09 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minimize the damage to your child before, during and after your divorce. As a divorced father of fourteen years, this book would have made a significant difference in realizing what children go through during this difficult time. Should be required reading for everyone who takes the court’s mandatory parenting class! – George Mendez, Stuart, Florida In all of my 24 years of heated custody battles I have never read such a concise and direct parenting guideline that precisely describes how parents should behave during divorce proceedings to avoid wreaking havoc upon their children and win their day in court. – Jeffrey F. Thomas, Esquire; Board Certified Marital & Family Lawyer Empowers even single parents to regain controls often lost in the shuffle and confusion of divorce. Mixes both a good whack and lots of hugs for parents who have lost their way, with such a passionate plea for common sense that its messages haunt you. – Susie Emerson, R.N., mother and educator A long overdue guide to assist parents in minimizing the damage to their children before, during and after divorce. Children have only one set of biological parents and those relationships need to be preserved and supported. This book should be required reading before commencing divorce proceedings. – George McLain, M.D. Tells me now what common sense should have told me back when emotional trauma clouded good judgment. This is a parent’s guidebook, especially for those too close to see beyond the parents’ issues to value the child. – Carole Balmer, Former Deputy Mayor and Committeewoman, Holmdel Township, New Jersey Finally, a book with such a wealth of information and advice on such a huge topic relating to divorce, and written in a style that anyone in this situation can relate to. It is a “must read” for all family members involved in a divorce. It is both healing and enlightening! – Robyn Mendez, parent, Stuart, Florida

Download or read book Creative Child written by Dorothy Einon and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted child development expert advises parents on how to help their child make the most of his or her natural talents and abilities. The book speaks mainly to parents of kids between the critical ages of two and six--the years when a child's innate aptitudes and talents start to blossom. Dr. Einon opens this book with an explanation of creativity, pointing out signs for moms and dads to look for. She discusses ways to provide an optimal environment for children gifted with especially creative aptitudes, and she gives attention to details that include the child's relations with siblings, gender differences, and problems that the creative child might encounter at home and in school. Activities to foster a child's creativity are recommended, with suggestions for carrying them out. They include drawing and painting, music, dance, playacting, dressing up in costumes, reading, storytelling, encouraging humor, mastering numbers, and developing orderly thinking habits and social skills. The book is heavily illustrated in full color and features helpful "age-by-stage" development charts.

Download or read book The Giant Book of Creativity for Kids written by Bobbi Conner and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 Parent's Choice Award The perfect starting point for creative play, this is the ultimate book of ideas for arts and crafts, building and tinkering, writing and rhyming, singing and dancing, and more! For parents who don't feel they are creative, this book provides an easy entry point for raising creative kids. Creativity is an essential ingredient for a happy childhood, and this is the ultimate collection of ideas for arts and crafts, building and tinkering, writing and rhyming, singing and dancing, and more! With 500 unplugged, hands-on activities for children ages two to twelve, this book goes beyond the simple arts and crafts found in most kids’ creativity books and offers fun ideas for a generous range of imaginative and creative play—all in one giant book. You have the power to encourage creativity in your child’s daily life, whether you feel creative yourself or not. This book is your guide for being a creativity mentor, your handbook for raising kids rich with creative habits and skills, and your toolbox full of ideas and activities. So say YES to creativity! Encourage your child to dabble in all kinds of activities, and discover the magic and beauty of imagination.