Integrating the Visual Arts--Building Young Children's Knowledge, Skills, and Confidence.

Fox, Jill Englebright; Diffily, Deborah

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ERIC Number: EJ626885

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Integrating the Visual Arts--Building Young Children's Knowledge, Skills, and Confidence.

Fox, Jill Englebright; Diffily, Deborah

Dimensions of Early Childhood, v29 n1 p3-10 Win 2001

Explores the visual arts as a means to develop skills and abilities across the curriculum and nurture aesthetic development. Considers benefits of art for socioemotional, psychomotor, and cognitive development; integration of art into the curriculum; and the role of adults, children's books, and the classroom for encouraging art appreciation. Highlights one kindergarten classroom as a model of arts integration. (JPB)

Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression, Class Activities, Creative Development, Integrated Curriculum, Kindergarten, Preschool Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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