TITLE

Developing Environrnental Control

AUTHOR(S)

Haas, Malka

PUB. DATE

February 1978

SOURCE

Art Education;Feb78, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p20

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article discusses some happenings taking place in the workyard of an Israeli Kibbutz children's house. The workyard is full of junk and contains big and small objects that are movable in enriching dynamically the children's activity. It nurtures the foundation of all learning and encourages the process of acting with objects to develop thinking. Many items in the workyard denotes the fact that it belongs to a particular landscape and community with a particular way of life. Moreover, the yard offers more opportunities for psychomotor, emotional, social and intellectual growth than any other playground can provide.

ACCESSION #

28771662

Tags: COLLECTIVE education -- Israel;  KIBBUTZIM;  PRESCHOOL children;  ACTIVITY programs in education;  ACTIVITY programs in preschool education;  LEARNING;  THOUGHT & thinking;  PERCEPTUAL motor learning

 

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