Setting the stage -- Learning about materials -- Exploring light and color -- Working with recycled materials -- Collaborating with others -- Using art as a bridge to conventional literacy -- Using art as a thinking tool -- Documenting and displaying work -- Studying other artists.

"This [PowerPoint] presentation presents examples of environments where children see themselves as artists, learn about materials, and explore light and color."--website. Included are photos taken inside the colourful, expressive and sense-filled classrooms of early childhood programs where the young students will be inspired and motivated to explore a variety of materials for expressing feelings, ideas and questions.

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