Everyday artists : inquiry and creativity in the early childhood classroom /
Dana Frantz Bentley ; foreword by Judith M. Burton.
- xiv, 144 pages ; 23 cm.
- Early childhood education series .
- Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "Knowing me, knowing you" : arriving at art in the preschool classroom -- "Spooky elevators" and other preschool adventures : rethinking the word art -- "No robbers allowed" : integrated thinking and the young child -- "What are all of these words?" : the many knowledges of teacher researchers -- Living "wide-awakeness" : the artistic practice of rewriting storylines -- "It is a rescue rocket ship!" : the artistic practice of world-making -- "Her prince gived her this ring!" : the artistic practice of meaning-making -- Of lizards and metacognition : the artistic practice of thinking about thinking -- "Is that a story about me?" : artistic practice and the teacher -- Making time for volcanoes : the shape of the early childhood classroom -- Jigglypuff and the Pok�emon princesses : looking to the child.