{"product_id":"visual-thinking-strategies-for-preschool-using-art-to-enhance-literacy-and-social-skills-paperback-2","title":"Visual Thinking Strategies for Preschool: Using Art to Enhance Literacy and Social Skills - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Yenawine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisual Thinking Strategies for Preschool \u003c\/i\u003eshows how teachers can add visual thinking strategies (VTS) to their existing curriculum to encourage language, critical thinking, and social skills for children ages three to five.\u003c\/b\u003e In this sequel to his popular book, \u003ci\u003eVisual Thinking Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e, author Philip Yenawine describes using art and other visual experiences to create engaging and powerful learner-centered environments for young children just beginning their formal school experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImplemented in hundreds of schools, districts, and cultural institutions, the VTS teaching method features an open‐ended conversation about a selected work of art. Teachers facilitate the group conversation using simple questions: \"What's going on in this picture?,\" \"What do you see that makes you think that?,\" and \"What more can we find?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book provides transcripts and analysis of classroom conversations as a means of illustrating the range of ways VTS can be used with preschoolers. Drawing on interviews with preschool teachers from public, private, and charter schools from around the country, Yenawine highlights the benefits of these discussions for students, including English language learners and students with special needs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisual Thinking Strategies for Preschool\u003c\/i\u003e provides teachers with another means to teach language and social skills, and introduces students to the treasures found in art.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisual Thinking Strategies for Preschool \u003c\/i\u003eshows how teachers can add visual thinking strategies (VTS) to their existing curriculum to encourage language, critical thinking, and social skills for children ages three to five. In this sequel to his popular book, \u003ci\u003eVisual Thinking Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e, author Philip Yenawine describes using art and other visual experiences to create powerful learner-centered environments for young children just beginning their formal school experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on interviews with preschool teachers from public, private, and charter schools from around the country, Yenawine highlights the benefits of these discussions for students, including English language learners and students with special needs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"VTS masterfully encourages children to see, think, speak, and analyze--enhancing vocabulary and fostering creative thinking. Philip Yenawine provides a step-by-step guide on how to implement VTS in a classroom with young children, while providing an in-depth overview of the theory behind the method.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Whitescarver, \u003c\/b\u003e executive director, National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eVisual Thinking Strategies for Preschool\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful resource for early child educators! Drawing upon theorists from Piaget to Vygotsky, the methods of Montessori and Reggio Emilia, and the practices from early childhood classrooms across the country, Yenawine provides innovative strategies for creating environments rich in language and visual stimuli for teaching young children.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha Barry McKenna, \u003c\/b\u003e university professor, director of Creativity Commons, Lesley University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One can learn much, with pleasure, from this book. Yenawine shows that children in preschool learn that images can be interpreted with simple strings of words which, as the children realize they are being listened to, become sentences describing their own interpretations, and thus their own stories.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLella Gandini, \u003c\/b\u003e US liaison for the dissemination of the Reggio Emilia Approach \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Yenawine\u003c\/b\u003e is a cofounder of Visual Understanding in Education, former director of education at the Museum of Modern Art, and a recipient of the National Art Education Association's Award for Distinguished Service. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Yenawine\u003c\/b\u003e is cocreator of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) with cognitive psychologist Abigail Housen. He is currently cofounder and creative director of Watershed, a nonprofit entity established to support student-centered, inquiry-based teaching, including the dissemination of VTS through an innovative online platform. Watershed forms partnerships with other organizations focused on helping reform-oriented teachers find and use resources as well as communicate with one another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yenawine was director of education at the Museum of Modern Art from 1983 to 1993. He also directed education programs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art earlier in his career. He was founding director of the Aspen Art Museum and consulting curator at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston. He has taught art education at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and Massachusetts College of Art. He received the National Art Education Association's Award for Distinguished Service in 1993, was the George A. Miller Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois in 1996, and the first Educator-in-Residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 2012, among other honors. He is on the board of Art Matters, a foundation giving fellowships to cutting-edge artists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yenawine is the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Look at Modern Art, Key Art Terms for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e, and six children's books about art among other writing projects. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eVisual Thinking Strategies: Using Art to Deepen Learning Across School Disciplines\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Harvard Education Press in October 2013. He attended Princeton University from 1960 to 1963, and holds a BA from Governor's State University, University Park, Illinois, and an MA from Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Kansas City Art Institute in 2003.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454253252829,"sku":"9781682531570","price":60.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/o9uHoZD1Ui9781682531570_6cf0cd50-6ef8-417e-8bf2-c70a5156ba64.webp?v=1771571594","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/visual-thinking-strategies-for-preschool-using-art-to-enhance-literacy-and-social-skills-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}