Artistic education in Spain

Organization of the

educational processes in relation to

arts educationNtra. Sra del Carmen School

La Palma del Condado SPAIN

Aims and objectives in the preschool core curriculum

• Observe and explore their physical, natural, social and cultural environment, generating interpretations of some significance facts to know and understand the reality and participate in a critical way.• Represent aspects of experienced or imagined reality increasingly and adjusted to different contexts and situations, developing communication skills in different languages and forms of expression.• Know and participate in some cultural and artistic events in their environment, taking into account their diversity and developing attitudes of interest, appreciation and respect for the Andalusian culture and cultural diversity.

Aims and Objectives in the Preschool Teaching Program

• Express emotions, feelings, desires and ideas through various languages, choosing the one that best suits every intention and situation.• Approach to the various arts through artworks and authors that represents the different expressive languages, and carry out their representation and artistic expression by using different techniques.• Develop their artistic sensibility and creativity, approaching the characteristics of the body, musical and plastic languages and create them as codes of personal expression, values, ideas, needs, interests, emotions, expressions, etc.

First Year Preschool (3 years)• Use and experiment with different art techniques.• Experience in plastic works with colors: blue, red, yellow, green, orange, violet.•Develop sensitivity and creativity.•Collaborate in the elaboration of collective productions. •Interpret and evaluate different artworks progressively.

Second Year Preschool (4 years)• Experience in plastic works with colors: blue, red, yellow, green, brown, white, pink, light green, dark green, black, gray, light blue and dark blue.• Develop plastic techniques: torn, cut, pasted paper, collage, drawing, volume constructions, printing objects, geometric shapes compositions and airbrushed. • Enjoy with visual productions. • Improve the sensitivity and creativity.• Show interest in participating in group activities.• Observe carefully an artwork and describe its details verbally. • Appreciate the arts and experiment with creative techniques.

Third Year Preschool (5 years)• Use and experiment with waste materials to create plastic works.• Use and experiment with different techniques. • Show interest in making creative productions themselves and others, individual and collective.• Experiment with shades of red, yellow, blue and green, in plastic production. • Experiment with mixing colors. • Enjoy with their productions. • Analyze a pictorial work reasoning and asking questions about it.

Our methodology is based on the Vedruna Educational Proposal which have an own

style that revolves around an axis: the value of the person and interpersonal

relationships. This translates into a methodology that should be: inclusive, active-reflective, participatory-open to

dialogue, creative-innovative and critical-liberating.

Methodology

It is also based on the principle of Meaningful

Learning that starts from children´s prior

knowledge and connect with their interests and

needs.

 It is a global, active and playful methodology, based on setting up corners in the classroom which favour both individual and small or large groups works.

Motivation is closely linked to these methodological principles. It is absolutely necessary for the child to be attracted to

learning.

We are also aware of the importance of having a close relationship between family and school so that it´s a joint work that involves the two environments in which the child develops in its first years.

Basic skills development

Art Education plays an important role in the development of basic

skills in the early childhood.

Art Education plays an important role in the development of basic skills in the

early childhood.

The use of materials such as crayons, chalks, clays, paintbrushes, sponges, punches, scissors, etc. strengthens

children´s fine and gross motor skills, which has a direct impact on writing.

The process involving making art from scratch makes children improve their perseverance , attention and

concentration level; what is more, experimenting with colours, lines, shapes and textures make them get fun, as a result they will be motivated to learning and it will

definitely be reflected in their educational growth.

It also enriches the language. Children learn new vocabulary significantly when they

experiment with elements of artistic expression and actions involved.

Arts Education is a powerful way to increase self-esteem and self-expression in children. They get excited about their experiences and discoveries in

this field, therefore they are encouraged to continue exploring and thinking new ways to express

themselves; they feel their art works are taken seriously and appreciated.

Entrance DoorsWhat do we see?

What is happening?

What/who appears in the picture?

What title do you

suggest?

Throughout different thinking strategies in group such as Entrance Doors, children are exposed to an artwork in which they are asked to watch and think in silence during a short

time to finish answering the questions described aloud. Among others skills developed with this strategy, children

increase considerably their communication level.

Art education develops reading skills because the child deciphers the phonetic code by associating

drawings and pictures with letters, words and meanings.

Our Reading and writing method

SPAIN

A few aspects to take into account before learning to read and write:

-There is not a fixed age, every child is different and he/she should be ready or madure enough to start.

-Teacher should decide the situable moment to start teaching

-This learning should be included in the everyday routine. We should never impose it.

It is a phonic method

-Based on a global method. It is taught in the everyday routine, not in an exclusive subject.

-It is based on the learning of every phoneme. First, phonemes are worked on their own, we study their form and their sound. Later, they are added to vowels and other consonants in order to create syllables sand words.

“LetterLand”-It promotes creativity and motivation.-It encourages maturation-Ir avoids dyslexia y other education related difficulties.-Every letter is a character in this “country”.-Every letter has a story and a song.-It promotes reading comprenhension-It contributes to know the ortography and spelling.-It is a continuous learning

How do we work?How

?• Introduce the character/letter (tell its story,

sing its song, learn how to write it, etc)

1st:• Adding vowels

2nd:• Word formation

3rd:• Sentences formation

4th:• Comprenhensive reading

We meet the characters

How can we write it?

Adding vowels

We write short words

Every child is an artist-Picasso