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Peer reviewedEdwards, Carolyn Pope; Willis, Linda Mayo – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2000
As children begin to grasp the basic functions of literacy, they become engaged in meaning-making that alternates between and/or combines oral language, written and printed symbols, drawings, and other formats. This article examines the benefits to children of an integrated approach to literacy, highlighting the Reggio Emilia approach, and offers…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Writing, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Arnheim, Rudolf – 1971
Based on the more general principle that all thinking (including reasoning) is basically perceptual in nature, the author proposes that visual perception is not a passive recording of stimulus material but an active concern of the mind. He delineates the task of visually distinguishing changes in size, shape, and position and points out the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Art, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
