Discover new and exciting ways to teach STEM content through the arts in your early childhood program with this innovative and comprehensive guidebook. Chapters feature playful activities divided by age band that bridge early academic learning and social, emotional, physical, and mental development with active engagement in the arts. Structured activities include a materials list, safety concerns, key takeaways, and related readings, as well as explicit connections to research and national standards. With clear and concise lesson plans that walk you through activities in music, dance, media arts, visual arts, and theater, it becomes easy to bring development and learning through movement and creativity to your classroom or program.

Table of Contents Part 1: Theory and Practice Chapters 1-3: Opening the World to Children 0-8 through STEAM, Development, and Dispositions 1. STEAM, Language Arts, and Social Studies through the Arts 2. Physical, Mental, Social, and Emotional Development through the Arts 3. Pre-Art Experiences for Young Children Ages 0 through 3 Part 2: The Activity Chapters 4-8: Hands-On Learning and Development through the Arts 4. Visual Arts 5. Music
6. Drama and Theater 7. Movement and Dance 8. Media Arts

Biography
Jerilou J. Moore is Professor Emerita in the School of Education at the University of Mississippi, USA, and has previously taught art classes for teachers.

Kerry P. Holmes is Professor Emerita of Elementary Education at the University of Mississippi, USA, and has previously taught kindergarten and Grade 1.