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Chapter 1: Arts and Young Children
“Every day everywhere in the world, young children make a fist around a pencil or crayon, or drag their fingers in earth or
frosty windows, to scribble.”—Sylvia Fein (1993, p. xii)
EDU 151 Spring 2015
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Who are the Young Artists?
Children from Birth to age 8
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Who Are the Young Artists(continued)
Children of these ages are:• Learning through play• Developing control over their bodies• Curious• Have short attention spans• Unique
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What Are the Creative Arts?
Natural Behavior
Cultural Expression
Self-Expression
Creative Product
HistoricalConstruct
Techniqueand Form
Commodity Play Way to Communicate
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What Are the Arts?
All the art forms encompass:• Creative problem-solving
• Playfulness
• Expression of feelings and ideas
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What Are the Creative Arts?(continued)
All the art forms encompass:
• Creativity• Play• Self-Expression
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What Are the Creative Arts?(continued)
Creative Movement or Dance
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What Are the Creative Arts?(continued)
Drama
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What Are the Creative Arts?(continued)
Music
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What Are the Creative Arts?(continued)
Visual Arts
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Why Should the Arts Be Taught to Young Children?
• Intellectually• Linguistically• Physically• Emotionally• Perceptually• Socially• Creatively
The arts help children grow.
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The Well-Designed Arts Program
Is based on:• Learning theory• Developmentally appropriate practice• Goals & Standards
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How Do the Creative Arts Help Children Learn?
Learning theories can provide direction in designing worthwhile arts learning experiences:
• The Constructivist Theory
• The Sociocultural Theory
• The Multiple Intelligences Theory
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How Do the Creative Arts Help Children Learn? (continued)
Howard Gardner has proposed eight intelligences or learning aptitudes:
Linguistic Logical-Mathematical
Spatial Musical
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic
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What Does A Well-Designed Arts Curriculum Look Like?
An early childhood arts curriculum requires:
• Children to be active participants. • Arts activities to be real and integrated.• Sufficient materials, time, and space and a nurturing
teacher of the arts.
Task Force on Children’s Learning and the Arts (1998) and National Arts Education Standards
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What Does A Well-Designed Arts Curriculum Look Like? (continued)
A developmentally appropriate early childhood arts curriculum requires us to ask:
Is this activity appropriate for this age? Is this activity appropriate for every child? Is this activity unbiased? Does it take into
account social, physical, and cultural differences?
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What Does A Well-Designed Arts Curriculum Look Like? (continued)
An early childhood arts curriculum develops:
Knowledge Dispositions Feelings Skills
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What Does a Well-Designed Arts Curriculum Look Like?
(continued)
It incorporates the standards:• National Common Core Standards in the Arts, ELA &
Mathematicshttp://www.corestandards.org/
http://www.arteducators.org/news/national-coalition-for-core-arts-standards-nccas
• State Standardshttp://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/goodstart/elgwebsites .html
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What Does a Well-Designed Arts Curriculum Look Like?
(continued)
National Common Core Standards in the Arts address:
• Creating• Performing/Presenting/Producing• Responding• Connecting
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Conclusion: The Well-Designed Arts Program
Check out these early childhood programs. How are the arts infused into their curricula?
New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/common_core_standards/pdfdocs/nyslsprek.pdf
Reggio Emilia: http://www.reggiochildren.it/?lang=en HighScope Early Childhood Curriculum: http://
www.highscope.org/Content.asp?ContentId=1
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Reggio EmiliaReggio Emilia – an example• Attention to the aesthetics of the environment• Provision of an artelierista• Use of emergent curriculum
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Summary
Growth Theory DAP Play Emergent Valuing the Arts Goals/Standards Teaching