3. • Creating art expands a child's ability to interact with the world
around them, and provides a new set of skills for self-expression
and communication. Not only does art help to develop the right
side of the brain, it also promotes important skills that benefit a
child's development. But art goes far beyond the factual
statistics measured by studies, it can become an essential mode
of free self-expression and amazement for children. Art matters
the same way language matters, it is a crucial component of
what makes us uniquely human.
4. • Art is important in children’s lives because it improves emotional
skills and problem solving skills.
5. • When children are involved in art at an early age, they are able to
better develop their emotional skills.
6. • Through creative art, children may be able to represent
experiences that they can’t tell others. They might draw pictures
that are crazy and outrageous, exaggerating ideas or events that
are important to them (Creative Art Helps Children Develop across
Many Domains).
7. • “It may provide the child and others with insights into the
child’s thoughts and feelings, thus allowing for conversation and
further discussion.” (Bullard)
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9. • Through art, children will learn different ways to solve problems.
10. • Art lets children experience situations and teaches them that a
problem can have more than one solution. Instead of going by
specific rules or directions, as they may be encouraged to do in
school and in their homes, art engages kids' brains and makes
them ask questions like how and why (Zaniboni).
11. • Creative Arts Teacher, Jo Murphy, explains Dewey Eisner’s
thoughts on art’s influence saying, “He describes a process
whereby students identify a problem, select qualities and
organize them so that they function expressively through a
medium.”
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13. • Art not only provides entertainment for children, it also provides
an outlet for them which improves their emotional skills and
teaches them proper problem solving skills.
14. • Diana said, "My kids express things through their art that they
don't even have words for yet."
• Lindsay said, "Art helps my kids feel willing to try new ideas, to
experiment, to solve problems."
15. • Bullard, J. "How the Art Center Enhances Children's Development." n.d. Education.com.
4 February 2013.
• "Creative Art Helps Children Develop across Many Domains." 15 July 2011. Extension.org.
31 January 2013. <http://www.examiner.com/article/the-importance-of-art-children-
s-cognitive-social-and-emotional-development>.
• Murphy, Jo. "Creative Arts Develop Problem Solving Skills." 7 March 2009. Suite101.com.
7 February 2013.
• Smith, Fran. "Why Arts Education is Crucial, Who's Doing it Best." 28 January 2009.
Edutopia. 31 January 2013. <http://www.edutopia.org/arts-music-curriculum-child-
development>.
• Zaniboni, Lauren. "The Importance of Art in Children's Cognitive, Social, and Emotional
Development." 16 October 2012. Examiner.com. 31 January 2013.
<http://www.examiner.com/article/the-importance-of-art-children-s-cognitive-
social-and-emotional-development>.
16. • Haley Dugan
• Orcutt Academy High School
• Frosh Core
• March 1, 2013
