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Teaching Self-Expression with Ezra Jack Keats

2 Clock Hour of Early Childhood Education
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Self-Expression

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Ezra Jack Keats has a specific style of illustrations where he takes many different mediums and combines them to create a stunning display. While his illustrations are aesthetically pleasing and colorful, he also uses his mediums wisely to convey emotion and tone. In his pieces the characters are often inner-city children, just as Keats was, and they are also diverse in outward appearance.  ​ 
Keats combined his childhood experiences with inspiration that came from a 1940 Life magazine photograph clipping of a young African American boy who was anxiously awaiting an injection. In his words...
“Then began an experience that turned my life around; working on a book with a black kid as hero. None of the manuscripts I’d been illustrating featured any black kids—except for token blacks in the background. My book would have him there simply because he should have been there all along. Years before I had cut from a magazine a strip of photos of a little black boy. I often put them on my studio walls before I’d begun to illustrate children’s books. I just loved looking at him. This was the child who would be the hero of my book.” ​
​This was Ezra Jack Keats’ creative expression choice that would inspire him to write many books, including The Snowy Day which became an unintentional icon for the African American child during a tumultuous time in history. ​​ 
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Children begin expressing themselves from infancy on, using sounds, actions and more. ​ ​Older children may use paint, pastels, crayons, or other materials to express themselves artistically. ​ This is one of many outlets that children should be given to express themselves. An infant can explore new sensory experiences as a means of self-expression or imitate sounds to express themselves.  These are seen as ordinary interactions, but they are also learning experiences that will support their self-awareness. An older child can explore artistic mediums such as painting, music or dance. ​ ​
These are seen as ordinary interactions, but they are also learning experiences that will support their self-awareness. An older child can explore artistic mediums such as painting, music or dance. ​ ​
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Course Navigation Menu

1. Course Agenda
2. Ezra Jack Keats Biography​
3. Life and Writings of Ezra Jack Keats
4. Self-Expression
5. Supporting Self-Expression
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6. Child’s Self-Expression (1/8)
7. Teaching Respect for Diversity
8. Diversity (2/8)
9. Snowy Day Sensory Play (3/8)
10. Respect Goggles (4/8)
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11. Montessori Pet Food Pouring (5/8)
12. Infant Animal Petting (6/8)
13. DAP Books (7/8)
14. End of Course Quiz (8/8)
15. Course Evaluation Form​
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