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• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword to the First Edition Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Impetus for the Book
• Research
• Teaching Techniques
• Materials
• Learning Exemplars: The Reggio Schools
• Chapter Overviews
• Four Big Ideas in This Book
• 1. Why Use Materials?
• Infants and Toddlers in Flow
• Attention and Materials
• Humans: Unique Learners
• Sensitive Periods and Brain Plasticity
• Structuring the Use of Materials
• Conclusion: Materials’ Meaning
• 2. Framing Experiences
• The Brain’s Attention Systems
• Facing Complexity
• Challenges: Glue, Scissors, Clay, Sewing
• Conclusion: Accumulating Skills
• 3. Infants and Materials
• Infants’ Predispositions
• Adults’ Intentionality
• Food, Paper, Fabric, Sound
• Day by Day in Provocative Infant Spaces
• Conclusion: Natural Learners
• 4. Man-Made Materials
• Cultural Contrasts: 10,000 Years Ago and Now
• Reggio and Neuroscience Resonances
• The Design and Development of Materials
• One Huge and Many Small Events
• Conclusion: Meaning-Full Materials
• 5. Painting With Tempera
• Stumbling, Reflecting, Learning
• A Theory of How We Learn
• Teaching With Intention
• A Culture of Relationships
• Beginning Use of Tempera
• Conclusion: The Joy of Painting
• 6. Clay
• 6-Month- and 2-Year-Old Reactions
• Molding the Brain
• Joyful Tactile Experiences
• Conclusion: Clay, Creativity, and Competence
• 7. Mark-Making
• A Natural Language
• An Innate Drive
• A Story from Reggio
• Complex Intersections: Drawing and Decisions
• Small Choices, Large Impacts
• Self-Portraits Plus
• Conclusion: Drawing, An Imperative
• 8. Exploring Paper
• Paper, Brain, and Hand
• New Ways With Paper: Eight Months of Activities
• Paper, Infants, and Toddlers: Reggio Stories
• Conclusion: New Perspectives
• 9. Natural Materials
• Learning to See
• Infant and Toddler Investigations of Nature
• The Bounty of Natural Materials
• Research, Nature, and the Classroom
• Conclusion: The Power and Pleasure of Nature
• 10. Light and Shadow
• How We Know What We See
• Discovering Light and Shadow
• Conclusion: Enticing the Infant/Toddler Brain
• 11. Using Technology with Infants and Toddlers
• Learning the Language of Technology
• Exploring Digital Humanity
• Building Community Through Technology
• Conclusion
• 12. Making Meaning With Technology
• Coding and Robotics
• Augmented and Virtual Reality
• Digital Photography
• Digital Landscapes
• Spectrogram
• Conclusion
• Appendix A: List of Materials
• Appendix B: Art Supplies
• Appendix C: Tools
• Glossary
• References
• Index
• About the Author and Contributors