Children are Artists: Supporting Children’s Learning Identity as Artists 1st Edition

Capture your reader’s imagination with Children are Artists: Supporting Children’s Learning Identity as Artists (1st Edition) by Penny Hay — a thoughtful, practice-driven guide that repositions young children as capable creators rather than passive learners.

Penny Hay combines clear classroom wisdom with research-backed insight to show how everyday art-making shapes children’s confidence, communication and sense of self. This book guides educators and parents through age-appropriate strategies to observe, document and extend children’s creative thinking, so art becomes a meaningful part of learning across the early years curriculum.

Discover practical approaches to:
– Create environments that invite exploration and risk-taking
– Use open-ended materials to foster divergent thinking
– Listen to children’s artistic voices through documentation and reflection
– Link artistic processes to literacy, social-emotional development and cultural identity

Whether you’re an early childhood teacher, nursery coordinator, parent, or community arts practitioner, Hay’s compassionate, evidence-informed writing offers immediately usable ideas and reflective prompts. Case studies and real classroom examples make the pedagogy tangible, helping you redesign spaces and routines that celebrate children as artists.

Perfect for professionals across the UK, Australia, the US and beyond, this edition supports contemporary early years practices and inclusive approaches to creative education. If you’re committed to nurturing children’s creative identities and strengthening learning through art, this book is an essential resource.

Bring transformative art practices into your setting — order Children are Artists today and start seeing the classroom through a child’s creative eye.

Note: eBooks do not include supplementary materials such as CDs, access codes, etc.