Guided Drawing with Multilingual Preschoolers
Developing Language, Vocabulary, and Content Knowledge

Christina M. Cassano (Author), Kathleen A. Paciga (Author)

9780807767740

Paperback / softback, published 23 June 2023

192 pages
22.6 x 15.1 x 1.1 cm, 0.1 kg

Drawing provides opportunities for children to communicate their thoughts even when they do not have the vocabulary or the English proficiency to fully explain their ideas. This practical guide presents foundational information on the role of drawing in vocabulary development. The authors describe a research-based intervention designed to support and expand young multilingual learners' experiences with content area vocabulary. They provide teaching examples from several content area investigations carried out in Head Start contexts serving multilingual students. These vignettes, accompanied by student work samples and excerpts of dialogue, will help early childhood educators effectively integrate this pedagogical approach into their classrooms. The user-friendly text includes curriculum support materials such as lesson-planning templates and lists of recommended children's literature and media. Guided Drawing With Multilingual Preschoolers shows teachers how to use guided drawing in conjunction with established practices to help all young students develop language and content knowledge, particularly in science.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments  
  vii
• Introduction  
  1
• The Power of Guided Drawing  
  2
• The Promise of Guided Drawing  
  3
• Organization  
  4
• 1.  
  Changing Landscapes of Early Childhood Classrooms  
  6
• Push-Down Pressures  
  7
• Increases in Linguistic Diversity  
  8
• Demographics of Multilingual Learners  
  10
• Supporting Multilingual Learners in Early Childhood Settings  
  11
• Supporting Children'
  s Home Language(s)  
  12
• Supporting English Language Acquisition  
  13
• What Is Guided Drawing Anyway?  
  14
• 2.  
  Growing Language Purposefully  
  18
• The Importance of a Strong Language Foundation  
  19
• Growing Language in Preschool  
  25
• Language-Building Dispositions  
  25
• The Case for Content-Rich Instruction  
  33
• Strategies That Build and Extend Children'
  s Knowledge of the World  
  34
• Use Instructional Routines That Deepen Children'
  s Knowledge  
  38
• 3.  
  Guided Drawing: Definitions, Purposes, and Processes  
  50
• Defining (and Refining) Guided Drawing  
  51
• Instructional Features of Guided Drawing  
  52
• Learning Through the Guided Drawing Process  
  58
• Looking Back and Ahead  
  68
• 4.  
  "I'
  m Gonna Draw a Bumblebee"  
  69
• More Than Mark Making  
  69
• Drawing Defined  
  70
• Drawing Development  
  72
• Why Children Draw  
  75
• Challenges Faced During Drawing  
  83
• Looking Ahead  
  87
• 5.  
  "He Have a Thorax?"  
  88
• Purposeful, Planful, Thoughtful Instruction  
  89
• Building Teacher Knowledge: Why It Matters  
  107
• 6.  
  Planning in Action—
  Leading With Language  
  110
• Purposeful Instruction: What Should Our Learners Know About Frogs and Toads?  
  112
• Planning to Teach Frog and Toad Content Explicitly  
  117
• Teaching Content Explicitly  
  119
• Determining What Was Learned  
  141
• Thoughtful Reflections on Learning and Teaching With Guided Drawing  
  143
• Conclusion  
  148
• Children'
  s Media Referenced  
  153
• References  
  155
• Index  
  171
• About the Authors  
  181