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Art in Early Childhood Education

This course introduces the early childhood educator to the principles, methods and materials for teaching music, movement, visual arts, and dramatic play in an early childhood setting. Further, this course will help students understand how the arts are essential to making early learning meaningful and engaging. Art in all its varied forms appeals to the senses. Exploring the world through the senses is the way young children learn naturally. By engaging the senses through art, children are able to see the world in all its beauty and complexity. This course is taught from a developmental perspective. That means that students will learn how to create art projects that are appropriate for the age and development of the children. Students will become familiar with theory behind various forms of art in the early childhood classroom, as well as research-based practices for incorporating art into the classroom. Teaching in inclusive, multicultural, and multilingual settings will be stressed.

Date Added to MERLOT:
January 14, 2019
Created by:
Andrea Adelman
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Pedagogical Approach

This course was designed as a fully-online course, but can be adapted into a Hybrid or face-to-face course. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon understanding theories, historical and philosophical foundations of pre-kindergarten/primary education students will be able to:

  • Identify the importance of music, movement, visual arts, and dramatic play for early childhood.
  • Recognize the strengths that children bring to the making of art.
  • Describe the key elements of an art curriculum for young children. 
  • Evaluate effective art education practices.
  • Identify the competencies needed for a foundation of art education.
  • Explain the developmental steps in art making and appreciation.
  • Use a variety of resources to teach early art education.
  • Learn to integrate art throughout the curriculum. 

Assessment

This course was designed to assess students following most modules. You can find the assessments here. 

Other Information

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Course Resources

  • Module 1
    Module 1 (External link)
    OER Textbook; Chapter 1: Arts integration
  • Module 1 (2)
    Module 1 (2) (External link)
    The Arts in every classroom
  • creative arts
    creative arts (External link)
    Creative Commons and OER Textbook; Chapter 2: Arts integration and three R's
  • Module 4
    Module 4 (External link)
    Iris module and OER textbook; Chapter 4: Visual Arts
  • Module 5
    Module 5 (External link)
    Using art to learn about texture
  • Module 6
    Module 6 (External link)
    Dramatic play
  • Module 6 (2)
    Module 6 (2) (External link)
    Importance of pretend play
  • Module 7
    Module 7 (External link)
    Dramatic play and music and OER textbook; Chapter 3: music
  • Module 8
    Module 8 (External link)
    Music and movement
  • Module 9
    Module 9 (External link)
    Music and movement with literacy
  • Module 10
    Module 10 (External link)
    Development of Math concepts
  • Module 11
    Module 11 (External link)
    Nurturing creativity
  • Module 11 (2)
    Module 11 (2) (External link)
    Activity example
  • Module 12
    Module 12 (External link)
    Social studies in early childhood
  • Module 13
    Module 13 (External link)
    Community-member building activity