Come Create With Us!

The Dolores Dore Eccles Early Childhood Center has an-

nounced the new Integrative Art Program com-

ing January 2015!

For information about the center, visit:

www.usu.edu/fchd/commu-nity/dde/index.cfm

“The kind of people society needs to make it move forward are thinking, inventive people

who seek new ways and improvements, not people who can only follow directions. Art is

a way to encourage the process and the experience of thinking

and making things better!”

For more information regarding music, drama, and the arts with

early childhood learning, visit www.pbs.org.

Sources we used:

• Brown, L. (n.d.). The Benefits of Music Education. Retrieved

November 1, 2014, from http://www.pbs.org/parents/

education/music-arts/the-benefits-of-music-education/

• www.usu.edu/fchd/

community/dde/index.cfm

Dolores Doré Eccles Center for Early Care and

Education

So Much Drama...

Play that Music...

An Artsy Mind is an Intelligent Mind...

• Studies show that creative drama will not only contribute to a more balanced curriculum for childrens’ general development but will also enhance specific language and social skills.

• Participating in the arts is proven to boost a child’s self-image and self-confidence.

• They also develop the skills they need to cooperate with their peers, learn to control their impulses, and tend to be less aggressive than children who do not engage in this type of play.

• Studies have clearly indicated that musical training physically develops the part of the left side of the brain known to be involved with processing language, and can actually wire the brain’s circuits in specific ways.

• Linking familiar songs to new information can also help imprint information on young minds.

• Children who receive music lessons over the school year test, on average, 3 points higher on IQ tests.

• Language competence is at the root of social competence. Musical experience strengthens the capacity to be verbally competent.

• Music, in particular, helps provide children with improved classroom skills, including critical thinking, creative problem solving, team work, and effective communication.

Connecting children with the arts can help them develop beneficial skills in: language development, decision making, visual learning, inventiveness, motor skills, cultural awareness, and improved academic performance.

Student Artwork