Making sense of children's drawings

"If you know and love young children, find a way to read this book. Here, you will discover the hidden talents of young children for complexity, design, and tenacity for learning ... a wonderful addition to the too-small library of quality books on young children's learning through art."--Shirley Brice Heath, Professor Emerita, Stanford University and Professor at Large, Brown University, USA. "This book is unique in giving an in-depth account of the way young children approach drawing at home and at school. It shows the cognitive value of drawing in children's intellectual and emotional development and sets out the truly extraordinary range of drawing types that are used and understood by three to six year olds! It is an invaluable experience."--Professor Ken Baynes, Department of Design and Technology, Loughborough University, UK. This book explores how young children learn to draw and draw to learn, at home and school. It provides support for practitioners in developing a pedagogy of drawing in Art and Design and across the curriculum, and offers advice for parents about how to make sense of their children's drawings.; "Making Sense of Children's Drawings" is enlivened with the