3. ART
• Involves the APPLICATION of creativity to a unique product
through a variety of modes.
• As prescribed by Milestones:
• Visual Arts
• Musical Arts
• Theatrical Arts
• Dance Arts
• VA SOL address the following in Kindergarten-3rd
grade
• Visual Arts
• Musical Arts
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/fine_arts/index.shtml
(picks back up with Dance & Theatre in Grade 6)
4. Guiding Principles
Art experiences should be:
•Inviting
•Not forced (no “whole class art;” small groups!)
•Open ended
•Engage the children in PROCESS
•Not placing a heavy value on PRODUCT
•Encouraging them to think and problem solve
•Encourage children to collaborate with each other
•Developing a healthy self conscious (what I make is special and
has value)
7. Piaget’s Cognitive Theory
Stages
• Scribbling stage (ages 2-4)- experiment
with marks
• Preschematic stage (4-7)- subject in
mind; product is inaccurate
• Schematic stage (7+)- realistic and
accurate
8. Kellogg’s Developmental
Theory Stages
• Universal Dominance (1-5)
• Basic Scribbles – 20 kinds
• Placement Patterns- 17 ways
• Flowering of Drawing (5-7)
• Diagrams
• 6 shapes at age of 3
• Combines- 2 diagrams
• Aggregates- 3 or more diagrams
• Height of Cultural Influence (7-12)
9. How is art the first step
towards writing?
• These are pieces from a writing kit called “Handwriting with
No Tears.” Every letter of the alphabet can be formed with
these four pieces alone.
• Compare these pieces to the first few basic scribbles on the
next slide.
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12. What They Learn
• Infants- textures, showing interest in objects
• Toddlers- Gain control of grasping simple art tools,
experiment with a variety of art materials (paint, markers,
crayons, pencils, dough)
• Younger Preschool-explore colors & shapes of objects, create
art to express themselves
• Older Preschool- plan and work alone or with others, respond
to artistic creations, create drawings/paintings/models/other
that are more detailed, understand/use vocabulary to share
opinions about art
• Source: Milestones of Child Development, p. 29
15. Music
• Provides an avenue for children to express thoughts, feelings,
and energy through fingerplays, simple instruments, or
humming/singing along to a familiar song.
• Infants- respond to and imitate sounds, experiment with sound
• Toddlers- participate in group music experiences, explore simple
songs using voice and/or instruments
• Younger preschool- participate with increasing interest, use
music as an avenue to express
• Older preschool- show interest in more complicated instruments,
respond to variations in music
• Source: Milestones of Child Development, p. 27
18. Activities for Music DAILY
• Listening- “Listen & Move”- Greg & Steve
• Singing- “Number Rock” –Greg & Steve
• Playing musical instruments
• Movement “Listen & Move” – Greg & Steve
• http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/Greg+And+Steve/30093484
19. Theatre Arts- dramatic play
Theatre Arts includes dramatic play through which young
children engage in imitation and acting out social roles,
experiences, and fantasy in creative and imaginative ways.
• Infants- discover own body, imitate, communicate through
movement
• Toddlers- imitate, engage in pretend play
• Younger preschool- understand that objects, photos, and
illustrations can stand for real things
• Older Preschool- participate with others in dramatic play (roles),
tell about role play & stories, enact coherent stories
Source: Milestones of Child Development, p. 38
20. Why is it important?
• Engages children in creative and innovative thinking
• Characteristics of the child in the 21st
century
• Builds children’s confidence and self-esteem
• Dramatic play permits children to fit the reality of the world
into their own interests and knowledge. One of the purest
forms of symbolic thought available to young children,
dramatic play contributes strongly to the intellectual
development of children (Piaget, 1962). Symbolic play is a
necessary part of a child's language development (Edmonds,
1976).
21. Elements of Drama in the
Early Childhood Classroom
• Dramatic play includes:
• role-playing
• Puppetry
• fantasy play
• It does not require interaction with another.
• Socio-dramatic play is dramatic play with the additional
component of social interaction with either a peer or teacher
(Mayesky, 1988; Smilansky, 1968).
• Creative dramatics involves spontaneous, creative play. It is
structured and incorporates the problem solving skills of
planning and evaluation. Children frequently reenact a scene
or a story. Planning and evaluating occurs in creative
dramatics (Chambers, 1970, 1977)
