"If you know and love young children, find a way to read this book. Here you will
discover the hidden talents of young children for complexity, design, and tenacity
for learning a wonderful addition to the too-small library of quality books on young
children's learning through art." Shirley Brice Heath, Professor Emerita, Stanford
University and Professor at Large, Brown University, USA
"This book is unique in giving an in-depth account of the way young children approach
drawing at home and at school. It shows the cognitive value of drawing in children.s
intellectual and emotional development and sets out the truly extraordinary range of
drawing types that are used and understood by three to six year olds?? It is an
invaluable experience."
Professor Ken Baynes, Department of Design and Technology, Loughborough University, UK
This book explores how young children learn to draw and draw to learn, at home and
school. It provides support for practitioners in developing a pedagogy of drawing in
Art and Design and across the curriculum and provide advice for parents about how to
make sense of their children.s drawings.
Making Sense of Children.s Drawings is enlivened with the real drawings of seven
young children, collected over three years. These drawings stimulated dialogues with
the children, parents and practitioners whose voices are reported in the book. The
book makes a powerful argument for us to radically re-think the role of drawing in
young children.s construction of meaning, communication and sense of identity.
It provides insights into the influence of media and consumerism, as reflected in
popular visual imagery, and on gender identity formation in young children. It also
offers strong messages about the overemphasis on the three Rs in early childhood
education.
Key reading for students, practitioners and parents who want to encourage young
children.s drawing development without .interfering??with their creativity, and who
need a novel approach to tuning into young children.s passions and pre-occupations.
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