Supporting Children’s Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art

Name: Supporting Children’s Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138208032
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Supporting Children’s Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art explores the vital role of creative engagement in early childhood development. This second edition features insights from early years practitioners, emphasising music-making, storytelling, and interactive strategies to enhance well-being and learning. It offers practical approaches such as the ‘Talking Table’ and ‘Helicopter’ methods, aiming to inspire reflection, sustain children’s interests, and support creativity through the Early Years Foundation Stage framework.
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Ideal for parents, carers, and early years practitioners seeking to enrich young children’s learning experiences through creative methods in music, dance, drama and art.

This book shows practitioners how they can implement the themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework in a creative way through language, gestures, body movements, drawing and music creating shared meanings in a playful context.

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An essential part of children’s development in the early years involves creative engagement through language, gestures, body movements, drawing, music, and creating shared meanings in playful contexts.

Supporting Children’s Creativity through Music, Dance, Drama and Art brings together contributions from a range of early years practitioners and professionals, sharing their ‘creative conversations’ and helping readers to implement the themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework in a creative way. Including a new chapter to explore the relationships between music and movement, this second edition has been fully updated and covers:

How to incorporate music-making and storytelling in the classroom
How to use stories of practice to inspire reflection and change
How to extend, challenge and sustain children’s interests
How to make use of the ‘Talking Table’ and ‘Helicopter’ approaches
How to become an effective play-partner
How to improve practice with interactive strategies and music for well-being
How to use observation to inspire planning and learning projects

Appealing to all with an interest in early years practice, this new edition demonstrates how parents, carers and practitioners can put excitement and inspiration back into the learning process, guiding them to encourage and support the creative capacities of young children.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138208032

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 September 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 46 Halftones, color

Contributors:

Edited by Fleur Griffiths

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 580g

Pages: 170

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Fleur Griffiths is a retired nursery teacher/educational psychologist/Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at Sunderland University, UK. In retirement she has worked on a contract basis as an educational consultant in Foundation Stage settings in local authorities.