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.
Book Features:
An innovative pedagogical intervention that was created by the authors to use in Head Start classrooms.
An actionable approach to teaching content area vocabulary in the classroom that works with young multilingual learners.
Tables with quick summaries of developmental milestones and teaching points.
Guidance for early educators who understand the importance of building word and world knowledge in authentic ways while children are learning English.
Teaching examples that highlight language-rich interactions and strategies for supporting multilingual learners.
Curriculum connections to culturally relevant children's literature, media, and high-quality informational texts.
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
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