Art with Young Children
Focus on: Ages 3 - 8 Years
Course Number: TEED501N
This course shows you how to provide rich art experiences for young children in a variety of settings. Participants will work with art materials and consider the contribution of art to children’s learning and development. Other topics to be discussed include: setting up art areas; selecting, presenting, and storing materials; planning a meaningful sequence of art experiences; how to make appropriate comments on children’s work; and ways to make art an integral part of the curriculum.
March 8 and 9
Friday, 4:45 – 9:15 pm
Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
1 CEU $405 / 1 credit $1,295
Materials fee $25
Registration Deadline 3/1
Timothy Lightman MEd, is currently serving as Principal at the Smith College Campus School, a K-6 laboratory school in Northampton, MA. He has worked for over twelve years in the field of education as a curriculum consult, graduate supervisor in the Preservice Inclusive Elementary Education Program at Teachers College, and as a teacher and researcher at Bank Street College and the School for Children. Mr. Lightman has an MEd in Special Education and an M.S. in Early Childhood and Elementary Education, both from Bank Street College of Education. He also has a BA in American History from New York University.