1. Beginning the journey -- Setting the stage -- Nature of the book -- What are the arts? -- Diversity and multicultural art in your classroom -- Theoretical perspectives -- The creative process -- Models of creativity -- Affective development -- The teaching/learning atmosphere -- Developmentally appropriate practice -- Personal and professional growth -- 2. Exploring feelings and images -- The affective domain -- Two hemispheres of the brain -- Guided imagery for teachers -- Guided imagery and children -- Exploring guided imagery through a multicultural context -- Guided imagery scripts for children -- Developmentally appropriate practice -- Personal and professional growth -- 3. Introducing music and movement -- The continuum of development in the affective domain: responding -- Music and movement: enjoyment and value for children -- Theories of musical development -- Basic stages of early musical development -- Developmentally appropriate practice -- The stage awaits: music and movement for young children -- Processes for music and movement -- Exploring movement and dance through a multicultural context -- Creative movement -- Personal and professional growth.

3. Introducing music and movement -- The continuum of development in the affective domain: responding -- Music and movement: enjoyment and value for children -- Theories of musical development -- Basic stages of early musical development -- Developmentally appropriate practice -- The stage awaits: music and movement for young children -- Processes for music and movement -- Exploring movement and dance through a multicultural context -- Creative movement -- Personal and professional growth -- 4. Celebrating the visual arts -- Children and the artistic process -- How important is your role, teacher? -- Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences: spatial intelligence -- Materials and processes for the visual arts -- Exploring the visual arts through a multicultural context -- Developmentally appropriate practice -- Image awareness art ideas for children -- The continuum of development in the affective domain: valuing -- Personal and professional growth -- 5. Encouraging play and creative drama in the classroom -- The play's the thing -- Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences: intrapersonal and interpersonal -- Developmentally appropriate practice -- Processes and materials for encouraging creative drama -- Exploring creative drama through a multicultural context -- The continuum of development in the affective domain: organization -- Personal and professional growth.

6. Experimenting with three-dimensional art -- Young children and three-dimensional art -- Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences: naturalist intelligence -- Developmentally appropriate practice -- Processes and materials for three-dimensional art -- Creative and imaginative ideas for children -- Exploring three-dimensional art through a multicultural context -- Three-dimensional art for teachers -- The continuum of development in the affective domain: characterization by a value or value complex -- Reflective awareness and the continuum of affective development -- Personal and professional growth -- 7. Planning for literature -- The literature environment -- Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences: linguistic intelligence -- Developmentally appropriate practice -- Processes and materials for using literature with children -- Exploring literature through a multicultural context -- Linking the arts through literature: an interdisciplinary unit -- Personal and professional growth -- 8. Beginning a new adventure -- Building a bridge between self-understanding and creativity -- Personal and professional growth -- Creative arts: carry them on!