Teaching Young Children to Draw

Mr Grant B Cooke, Grant Cooke, Dr Maureen V Cox, Deirdre Griffin

• 1 Why Teach Children to Draw? Representational Drawing, Cultural Influences, Learning Through and About Drawing, The Artist as Role-model, Different Views about Art Education, Methods Advocated in this Book, What Do We Mean by ‘Negotiated Drawing’? 2 Examples of Lessons Using Negotiated Drawing, The Magic Vacuum Cleaner, The Dancing Skeleton, How to Fry an Egg, How to Make a Sandwich, Capturing a Dinosaur, Things to Remember, What Materials Do the Children Need?, Some “Do”s and “Don’t”s, Check List of Reminders! 4 More Ideas for Lessons, The Magic Bicycle, Hanging Out the Washing, Creatures who Live in a Shoe, Swimming in the Sea, The Fox and the Stork, Weighing an Elephant, Mother and Child, A Crocodile in the Classroom, Going Fishing, Daffodils,5 Research Findings, ‘Negotiated Drawing’—How Do We Know It Works? The Need for Objective Evidence, Evaluating the Drawings, ‘Before’ and ‘After’ Drawings, Comparing Different Approaches, Equal at the Start, The Ten Drawing Lessons, The Judges, Judges’ Ratings, The Results of the Study, Conclusion