Teaching Art To Young Children 4-9

TEACHING ART TO YOUNG CHILDREN 4–9 First published 1987 by Unwin Hyman Ltd Third impression 1990 Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeFalmer 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002. RoutledgeFalmer is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 1987 Rob Barnes All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 0-415-07891-1 (Print Edition) ISBN 0-203-13576-8 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-17586-7 (Glassbook Format) To C. Contents List of illustrations XI Acknowledgements XV Foreword XVII 1 Making Links 1 2 The Value of Art 8 Learning to See, Art and the Individual, Art as an Expression of Feeling, Deciding on What to Value 3 Producing Original Artwork 23 Finding a Balance 4 How Children Draw 36 Cat and Mouse, Examples from Teachers, Children’s Imagery 5 Developing Ideas 53 Using Themes, Wordspill Themes as a Resource, Some Useful Wordspill Themes, Making Choices, Development without Themes, Games of the Imagination 6 Classroom Organization 68 Organizing Groups, The Whole Class and the Group, Organizing Materials, Organizing Space and Time, Organizing Wallspace 7 Talking With Children 81 Imaginative Talk, Using Questions, Commenting on Children’s Work, An Artistic Vocabulary 8 Activities for Young Children 94 Ingredients, Finding-out Activities, Extended Activities, Variety 9 Using Paint 111 Mixing Paints, Colour-Mixing 10 Sequencing Printmaking 119 Putting Ideas to the Test, Three-Dimensional Prints 11 Collage and 3-D 130 Assemblages, Claywork 12 Design and Problem-Solving 142 Introducing Design and Problem-Solving to Children, Stages in Problem Solving, Practical Examples 13 Assessment and Evaluation 160 An Assessment Model, Evaluation, Record-Keeping 14 Conclusions 171 Reference 175 Index 177 List of Illustrations Colour Plates Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 Plate 4 Plate 5 Plate 6 Plate 7 My Mum. Age 4 yrs 6 mths. Princess. Age 5. Maze. Age 6. An Angry Face. Age 7. Elephant. Age 5. Lost Your Mum? —poster. Age 7/8. Patternwork. Age 7. From James and the Giant Peach—story. Age 6. Plate 8 From James and the Giant Peach—story. Age 6. Plate 9 Tiger. Age 6. Plate 10 Violins. Ages 6, 7, 5. Plate 11 Feathers—drawing. Age 8. Plate 12 Fairground—group picture. Age 7/8. Plates 13, 14 A Thousand and One Nights. Ali Baba—group mural. Age 7/8. Plate 15 Lowry Pictures. Age 7/8. Plate 16 Looking at the Crust of a Loaf. Age 8. Plate 17 Multi-Coloured Spaghetti. Age 8. Teaching Ar t to Young Children Plate 18 Plate 19 Plate 20 Plate 21 Plate 22 Plate 23 Plate 24 Plate 25 Plate 26 Plate 27 Plate 28 Plate 29 Plate 30 Inside a Sprout. Age 7. Package Design—study. Age 7. Colour-Mixing. Age 7. Bee Collage. Age 7. Castle—potato print. Age 7. Dragon—potato print. Age 6. Peacock—print. Age 7. Pheasant—claywork. Age 6. Spiky Clay Monsters. Age 7 Fabric Collage. Age 7/8. Diving into a Pool. Age 7. On the Beach. Age 7/8. Dinosaur. Age 7. Monochr