Experience and Art: Teaching Children to Paint

by Margaret Kennedy, Nancy R. Smith, Lois Lord, et al.

Book Overview

The authors skillfully combine a philosophical and pragmatic approach, exploring the cognitive processes behind children's painting. To deepen children's understanding, the book suggests meaningful... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807727008
• ISBN13: 9780807727003
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Superb guide to children's developmental painting process

This book guides the reader through the process of children learning to paint with incredible insight into the child's thought process. Nancy was a mentor of mine at Boston University over twenty years ago, and I have used her ideas in every classroom I have taught in. Her insight into children and the painting process will surely answer many questions about the hows and whys of children's painting. I highly recommend this book to parents and educators, from preschool on up, who paint with children.