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Artistic Development
For ChildrenFoundations of Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health
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Objectives
Define arts and creativity!
E"plain the importance of art and creativity in Education!
#ive reaction re$ardin$ some principles and theories in art developmentthrou$h children!
Develop some basic s%ills in art!
Appreciate the value in art education! Create different art activities for children!
Create schedule and materials plannin$!
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Definitions of Creativity
Creare &'!( ) to ma%e thin$s *hich has not made before, to brin$ into bein$!&+arnhart(
An act that produces effective surprise &+runer, -./.(
Doin$ somethin$ beyond the acceptable rules or thin%in$ the impossible0 in
a *ay that is understandable and acceptable to a *ider audience! &+oden,-..1(
2pecific to multiple intelli$ence &#ardner, -..1(
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3he Creative Process
4hen children create, the process is *hat matters to them not the product!
-! 5no*led$e &Prior %no*led$e and stimuli(
1! Motivation &6nner drive, inspired not tau$ht(
7! 2%ill &tentative and confidence(
8! 6mmersion &focus(
9! 6ncubation and Production & %no*led$e and s%ills(
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Principles
Provide time to e"plore and observe materials
Present the *or% of others so that the child *ill %no* *hat others have done and use
them as basis from *hich they can create their o*n!
Provide varied materials and activities!
Completion amon$ children replaces internal motivation *ith e"ternal motivation!
Do not $ive $eneric re*ards and a model because it may cause an"iety!
Do not interfere *ith their *or% for it may cause hesitation to ta%e ris%s!
'et them solve problems on their o*n *ith little help!
Provide child *ith opportunities and encoura$ement to e"press himself freely!
Accept and respect *hat child creates!
'et the child learn techni:ues as needed!
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4hat is Arts;
the e"pression or application of human creative s%ill and ima$ination,typically in a visual form such as paintin$ or sculpture, producin$ *or%s to be
appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional po*er!
a diverse ran$e of human activities and the products of those activities,
usually involvin$ ima$inative or technical s%ill!
3he e"pression or application of human creative s%ill and ima$ination,
typically in a visual form such as paintin$ or sculpture, producin$ *or%s tobe appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional po*er
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3he Creative Arts
6t includes dra*in$, paintin$, printin$, sculptin$, creatin$
colla$e, and crafts!
6t involves not only creatin$ art but also developin$
aesthetic jud$ment and brin$ personal satisfaction!
Art en$a$es children=s senses in open>ended activities and
enhances the development of a *ide ran$e of perceptual,
physical, lan$ua$e, co$nitive, and socio>emotional s%ills!
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Art as a Component of #eneral
Education
#eneral education includes those domains of %no*led$e and e"perience*hich deals *ith *hat it is to be human &A!4! Foshay, Art Education, -./7(
He identifies si" cate$ories si" cate$ories of human developmentintellectual, emotional, social aesthetic, spiritual, and physical!
6ntellectual development demands over .?@ of the school *ee% *hile the artsand other miscellaneous activities account for the remainin$ -?@,
3raditionally, intellectual $ro*th has been limited to s%ill buildin$ in threeareas 7s and the sciences!
2chool shoud provide the foundation for an understandin$ of the relationshipbet*een the individual and society, and for the preservation and transmission
of our common cultural and aesthetic herita$e!
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Contribution of Art 6nstruction
6ntrinsic Contribution &Bni:ue to art(
Art is an end in itself &builds perception about formal and technical properties of
art throu$h direct artistic e"pression and appreciation(
5no*led$e about artistic herita$e
E"perience creatin$ *or%s of art
E"perience perceivin$ and respondin$ to *or%s of art
E"perience justifyin$ jud$ments about *or%s of art!
E"trinsic Contribution
Catalyst for other disciplines!
Creativity
3herapy
'eisure
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3he eed to 3each Art to oun$ Children
Art is inte$ral part of our lives
Art is the child=s first lan$ua$e!
Art helps children $ro*
Physically
Emotionally
2ocially Co$nitively
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alues of the Arts 2elf ealiation
Confidence and self>e"pression
A*areness of aesthetic interest
Ability to Evaluate art standards
Civic esponsibility
Art as a socialiin$ activity
Ability to respect and value artistic e"pression
Ability to apply artistic arran$ements in terms of better livin$
6ntrinsic alue
3herapeutic alue
A $ood record of his feelin$s
Detect an"ieties, tensions and frustrations
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Principles Provide time to e"plore and observe materials
Present the *or% of others so that the child *ill %no* *hat others have done
and use them as basis from *hich they can create their o*n! Provide varied materials and activities!
Completion amon$ children replaces internal motivation *ith e"ternal
motivation!
Do not $ive $eneric re*ards and a model because it may cause an"iety!
Do not interfere *ith their *or% for it may cause hesitation to ta%e ris%s!
'et them solve problems on their o*n *ith little help!
Provide child *ith opportunities and encoura$ement to e"press himself freely!
Accept and respect *hat child creates!
'et the child learn techni:ues as needed!
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Artistic Development in
oun$ Children
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Pia$et=s 3heory of Child Development
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