Art Play and Inquiry: The Why, What and How of Visual Arts Education with Young Children

Combining theoretical inspiration, practical guidance, and visual examples, this book empowers educators to implement rich visual arts experiences and foster joyful, art-centered learning environments with children. Drawing upon decades of experience and research, the authors offer rich, practical, plain English information alongside inspiring images, reflection points, and visual examples to support educators to understand the WHY, WHAT, and HOW of designing and delivering a rich visual arts curriculum for and with young children. Making no assumptions about prior visual arts knowledge or experience, this informative, visually beautiful book connects theory and practice, while providing guidance to inspire and inform interactions with children and visual arts materials in meaningful ways. This is an essential resource for educators, teachers, parents, students or academics aiming to enhance their teaching practices and enrich children's learning through visual arts. Whether you are new to visual arts education or looking to deepen your practice, this book will inspire and equip you to support children's creative and expressive potential.