2. The arts encourage development by promoting growth by using the
following development skills -
• Fine and gross motor skills
• Problem solving
• Interpretation
• Imagination
• Experimentation
• Trial and error
• Co-operation
• Goal setting
• Using feedback
• Visual and non verbal forms of expression
• Language development
• Express Feelings and ideas.
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3. • Use questioning to support children’s
thinking.
• Allow children to reflect on being the
audience and being the performer.
• Encourage written reflection – This can
organise thoughts. E.g. Journals or reviews.
• Review being positive.
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4. Children begin to understand how they differ from others, which
helps them to develop their identities.
Children may have impairments which will need to be catered for
and embraced to have meaningful experiences.
Children we teach will be from a range of backgrounds, teachers
should embrace their cultures in order to validate and develop
their heritage.
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5. • Give children opportunities to respond to artworks
• Know your children as individuals – What are their backgrounds and
interests?
• Build awareness and knowledge about the arts.
• Build the arts as a culture in your class
• Use spiral learning – lay down the knowledge
and revisit.
• Build the levels of complexity over time.
• Learn by DOING.
• Use open ended learning structures.
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