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Physical Development
Language and Literacy
Physical Development
Large and small muscle development and coordination are important aspects of every art activity. Coordination of eye and hand movements follow as a child tries to control the crayon, brush, or marker to make marks that are meaningful. In dance and creative movement one learns control and coordination of the body is space. In these art forms, children learn to use her hands, eyes, feet, and body at the same time. Developing control over eye muscles is an important first step in learning to read and “free drawing” helps develop the skills needed for making letters and numbers.
Mental Development
Language and Literacy
Physical Development
Children learn by doing. Learning concepts, language and skills are a foundation for reading, math and science. If it goes through the hands, feet, body, it goes through the brain.
Language and Literacy
Language and Literacy
Language and Literacy
Children learn through direct experience what the word “texture” means as they handle cloth with different surfaces, thick/thin while using paint. As children talk about their art work, they are “reading” their picture. Writing a story is “written down talk”. Dramatic play and acting-out stories make stories, actually, come alive.
Creative Development
Social-Emotional Development
Language and Literacy
Creativity is the ability to see, make, or perform in a new way. Making something new, being creative means taking a risk to do that “something new or different.” Making mistakes is a part of this process. Scientific thinking and creativity are difficult to separate.
Aesthetic Development
Social-Emotional Development
Social-Emotional Development
Aesthetic awareness involves helping children see, hear, and enjoy the beauty in their world. It improves the quality of learning and helps the creative process.
Social-Emotional Development
Social-Emotional Development
Social-Emotional Development
As children work in the arts, they learn to share the materials, to accept other’s ways of doing art, and to enjoy being a part of the group and creating art affords the opportunity for release. Children who feel free to make mistakes and to explore and experiment will also feel free to invent, create, and find new ways to do things.