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Young at Art: Teaching Toddlers Self-Expression, Problem-Solving Skills, and an Appreciation for Art
From the creator of the bestselling Anti-Coloring Book series with more than 600,000 copies sold, a new parenting guide to encouraging creativity in preschool-age children
Young at Art is the first and only comprehensive book for the general audience about the nature, value and impact of art on very young children. Directed towards parents and educators of one to five year...more
Young at Art is the first and only comprehensive book for the general audience about the nature, value and impact of art on very young children. Directed towards parents and educators of one to five year...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
October 11th 2001
by Holt Paperbacks
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Okay so she does come off a bit preachy but it seemed to me that she knows what the heck she is talking about. I am absolutely clueless about art and have always labeled myself as "not creative". This booked helped me feel much more prepared to expose my kids to good art experiences. "Don't teach, let them learn". I appreciated the simplicity of her ideas. I don't have to worry about coming up with cutesy ideas. The book was very freeing for me and my kiddo and I soaked it up. I can enjoy watchi...more
This book is awesome! As someone who feels "artistically" challenged, this book makes me feel a lot more confident introducing art and art materials to my 14 month old. Yes, my 14 month old! If I hadn't read this book I probably would have waited a LOT longer to introduce art materials to him, but Striker argues that babies as young as 6 months can be introduced to crayons and paints. She gives loose guidelines for what to expect at what ages, which is really helpful for someone who has no idea...more
A helpful book explaining in detail the artistic development in infants through early school-age children. This book was helpful for me because it drew many helpful connections between the importance of many art experiences to children literacy learning and writing development. The book is divided into categories according to art medium that young children should be exposed to. These basic mediums include drawing, painting, sculpting (or working with play dough and clay), collage, and print maki...more
I don't agree with most of what Striker says in her book (or at least in the first half, which is as far as I read). The idea that I'm damaging my child by giving her coloring books, by commenting on objects she's "drawn" rather than on the lines/circles she makes, by giving her more than one color to draw with .. is just nuts.
i believe this should be on every parent's bookshelf, and read by anyone who works with kids. as with any parenting/child development theory, read it and then form your own opinion. i believe in moderation, but i use susan striker's basic philosophies when it comes to kids and creating any kind of art.
This is such an enlightening approach to art!!! We threw out ALL our coloring books, put the art supplies at the girls' disposal and viola! REAL ART! This is one of those books every parent should OWN. I cannot rave enough!
Very inspiring. I tried a few crafts from here for storytime that really blew parents and kids minds (just draw?!). I have an idea to start a toddler art group later on with this book as an inspiration.
The author does come off a little preachy and rigid. She is clearly very passionate about what she believes. While I can't see it being practical to follow this completely many of the things she says make a lot of sense and I have been inspired to offer a whole new type of art supplies to my child and to approach her artwork in a new way.
Using this as a guide to teaching art in my Early Childhood Special Ed/Autism classroom this year.
I just love Susan Striker. When my niece and nephew were the appropriate age, we got them an "anti-coloring" book from her series. I was so amazed at it when I thumbed through it! It really is an anti-coloring book in that the idea of coloring in a picture already drawn and staying between "the lines" is completely discouraged. My kids, however, were much too young for that series so I looked at other books she had written. This is perfect for the younger age group and has great ideas for how to...more
Really interesting ideas concerning artistic learning, particularly as they relate to toddler and preschool aged children.
Extremely progressive, which I like, but its written in a bit of a beat it over your head repetitive fashion.
Nonetheless, good for skimming and gleaning ideas (such as starting kids with one color at a time, and prohibiting coloring books and dittos, and teacher created cut and copy holiday projects).
Extremely progressive, which I like, but its written in a bit of a beat it over your head repetitive fashion.
Nonetheless, good for skimming and gleaning ideas (such as starting kids with one color at a time, and prohibiting coloring books and dittos, and teacher created cut and copy holiday projects).
While the program the author lays out is rather rigid to the point where I can't imagine implementing it, I did feel very inspired to give my toddler art supplies I never would have thought of giving a child so young. Plus, I found the connection between art and literacy fascinating and it helped me rethink some of the standard art projects I see in children's programming at the library/festivals we attend/etc...
This is a great book to learn how to present art materials to kids in a slow, sensible way. I wish I had read it four years ago! The tone is a bit too judgmental for my taste. But I agree with her general philosophy about how to present art to children. That is, as an opportunity to experiment as opposed to a chance to create a "product" that should be attractive or acceptable by adult standards.
I LOVED this book. It was a fascinating look at child development in the context of art. It included the developmental stages of a child's scribbling and drawing; which colors they are ready to experience when, etc. SOOOO fascinating!!!!!! And full of great ideas, too.
A fabulous art book for toddlers and preschoolers. I learned so much about creativity and letting your child explore their artistic nature. Great resource!
I am going to buy this one when my son is a little older. Lots of great ideas.
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