Clay in the Classroom: Helping Children Develop Cognitive and Affective Skills for Learning - Softcover

Smilansky, Sara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807729655 ISBN 13: 9780807729656

Publisher: Teachers College Pr, 1988

Synopsis

What makes clay an important enough medium to warrant an entire book about its use in the educational setting? Clay in the Classroom helps teachers go beyond understanding clay as only a medium for playtime or special occasions. When used in appropriate and well-planned activities, clay can help young children develop cognitive as well as affective skills. Many teachers are searching for ways to balance the emphasis on computers and technology in the classroom. Here, through an inexpensive medium called clay, is one approach which research indicates can meet the emotional, physical and creative needs of young children, and allow them to become better prepared for the cognitive demands of the educational process.

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Review

Clay in the Classroom is not simply the reporting of educational research, it is an invitation from concerned educators to concerned educators. Clay in the Classroom helps children learn. (Susan Hood, Fine Arts Department, Indiana University at South Bend).

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Pr
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0807729655
• ISBN 13: 9780807729656
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 270