Week 4: The Arts and Young Children – Content Review

Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2-3 paragraphs in length.
Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document.
Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see to which question you are responding.

Imagine this scenario: A preschool director is talking with parents as they pick up their children from school. One parent asks why her child rarely brings any artwork home. Another parent remarks that her child takes home something she created almost every day and asks whether she is spending too much time on art. The director decides to invite parents to a workshop on visual art and young children to help respond to these concerns. Identify one concept that would be essential to cover in the workshop and explain your reasoning. Then write a brief script to introduce and explain this concept to parents. Cite Learning Resources to support your answer.

Based on what you have been learning this week, how would you respond to a preschool teacher who confides that she is not an expert on music and wonders, aside from teaching simple songs, what kinds of musical experiences she should provide to young children?

Chapter 16 in your Teaching Across the Content Areas text is titled: Creative Movement: More Than the Hokey Pokey. Consider how all that you have learned this week about movement and young children has validated the chapter title. Then explain three ways preschool-age children can benefit from movement activities.

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Course Text: Teaching Across the Content Areas: Math, Science and the Creative Arts

Chapter 13,Understanding the Visual Arts, pp. 236-265
Chapter 14, Creating Art, pp. 268-310
Chapter 15, Music, Music, Music, pp. 315-342
Chapter 16, Creative Movement: More Than the Hokey Pokey,pp. 356-367

Supplemental Resources

Course Text: Teaching Across the Content Areas: Math, Science and the Creative Arts

Chapter 17, Creative Drama,pp. 375-407
Chapter 18, Integrating the Arts,pp. 410-426

Article: Collins, S. (2004). Books for young children about the creative arts. Young Children, 59(4), 18-20.
Use the ProQuest Central database, and search using the article’s Document ID: 793108061.

Article: Loomis, K., Lewis, C., & Blumenthal, R. (2007). Children learn to think and create through art. Young Children, 62(5), 79-83.
Use the Education Research Complete database, and search using the article’s Accession Number: 26566260.

Article: Chenfeld, M. B. (2004). Education is a moving experience: Get moving Young Children, 59(4), 56-57.
Use the ProQuest Central database, and search using the article’s Document ID: 793108121.

Article: Matlock, R., & Hornstein, J. (2004). Sometimes a smudge is just a smudge, and sometimes it’s a…saber-toothed tiger: Learning and the arts through the ages. Young Children, 59(4), 12-17.
Use the Proquest Central database, and search using the article’s Document ID: 793108211.

Article: Pica, R. (2009). Make a little music. Young Children, 64(6), 74-75.
Use the Education Research Complete database, and search using the article’s Accession Number: 47074625.

Article: Kemple, K. M., Batey, J. J., & Hartis, L. C. (2004). Music play: Creating centers for musical play and exploration. Young Children, 59(4), 30-36.
Use the ProQuest Central database, and search using the article’s Document ID: 793108241.

Article: Geist, K., & Geist, E. A. (2008). Using music to support emergent mathematics. Young Children, 63(2), 20-25.
Use the Education Research Complete database, and search using the article’s Accession Number: 31986738.

Article: National Association for the Education of Young Children. (2008). Resources for integrating the curriculum in the early years and beyond. Young Children, 63(2), 48-49.
Use the Education Research Complete database, and search using the article’s Accession Number: 31986742.

Article: National Association for the Education of Young Children. (2004). Children’s developmental benchmarks and stages: A summary guide to appropriate arts activities. Young Children. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200407/ArtsEducationPartnership.pdf