Experience and art: teaching children to paint

Foreword to the First Edition / Elliot W. Eisner

1. Painting in the Lives of Children

2. Motions and the Marks They Make

Ages 1 1/2, 2, 3

3. Finding Out About Lines, Shapes, and Colors

Ages 3, 4, 5

4. Designing

Ages 4, 5, 6

5. Names for Configurations and Symbols from Designs

Ages 2, 3, 4, 5

6. Simple Images: People, Houses, Animals

Ages 5, 6, 7

7. Richer Symbols: Friends, Workers, City Streets

Ages 7, 8, 9

8. Metaphors and Styles: The Den of a Wolf, A Cat on a Cushion

Ages 9, 10, 11

9. Teaching the Creation of Meaning: Developmental Strategies

Appendix: Painting Setups.