Art education is an important part of healthy development for children, and through art children can find their experiences that enhance their personal development. Nowadays, childhood development connects too much to a technology world and not enough to art. Art education and art activities should be provided to children at an early stage because it helps them to find their natural talents and discover themselves. Research has shown that participation in the arts has a great impact on student achievement. Having children get involved in art by exposing them to several different processes and activities helps them learn, grow, and develop their artistic ability. Arts are an important tool for learning and it needs to be introduced to children by providing the opportunity to develop the ideas, feelings and develop their creativity.
Arts enable children to use different ways to express themselves, to communicate with others, and to understand their own feelings. The arts in infancy or toddlers increase language development because it offers them a new way to express thought and feeling without words. When children participate in art projects or crafts, in group activities, they can enhance their social communication by interacting with others, and respecting others’ ways of working and thinking.
It has been proven by many researches that early exposure to arts promotes activity in the brain. Also, children discover themselves through art and can build their artistic behavior through the process in which the child learns. Art academics need to be active to change the environment in which children learn (Bresler, 1998).
The Term Paper on Summarising the Main Aspects of a Child’s Development 0-2, 3-5 and 5-8 Years
Physical After a baby is born their physical development starts with lying on their back, touching their toes and discovering their fingers, they can also turn their head to smell their mother’s breast. As the child grows it will become more agile and begin to hold its own head, shuffle, crawl and eventually walk unaided. At the age of two they will be more confident on their feet and even start ...
In the environment in a classroom or at home, children can express their ideas and share their art with friends, teachers, siblings, and parents, and by sharing of their art, they also learn how to connect and communicate with others. This is also another way to express their ideas and feeling.
Children can develop their creativity in art by being involving them in problem solving. Teachers or parents should let children learn how to solve problems in the learning process instead of telling them what to do in order to stimulate their minds to learn from inside out rather than outside in. The arts invite children to be active participants in their own ideas and feelings when figuring out their world by analyzing, thinking, and judging (Bresler, 1998).
The basis of creativity is to think independently without copying or using other ideas. One of the most efficient ways to connect children with art is drawing because drawing can provide the basis creative to children. For example, give children a scrapbook that belongs to them and ask them to draw whatever in their minds or draw something that they like or do not like, and then ask them to share with others. By sharing their artworks, children have chances to express themselves and their thoughts.
Arts are important in the development of children, and everyone should have a chance to experience the art in their lives. The power of art can help children to discover themselves and to develop their interpretive skills. Art education does not only give children the opportunity to realize their potentials but it is also provides children with the skills of knowledge to understand art.
References
Bresler, Liora. “`Child art,’ `fine art,’ and `art for children’: The shaping of school practice and implications..” Arts Education Policy Review 100.1 (1998): 3. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.
