Goals and Objectives of Learning Arts for kids

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Art Lessons Help Children To Think And Express
Themselves Clearly
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Art Lessons Help Children To Think And Express
Themselves Clearly

Art has a critical role in your childs life as
it exposes her to a unique range of learning
experiences. Unlocking the true potential and
helping your child to develop skills in
communication, creativity and problem-solving. Art
s and crafts are fun activities for children
whether it is colouring with crayons or making
miniature statues with play dough, folding paper
to create fascinating origami or designing a
handmade birthday card. Art activities enhance
and sustain the interest of the children and
helps to build their cognitive, physical, and
social development. Art lessons for children help
to process and communicate difficult and pent-up
emotions and feelings. If these harmful reactions
are not released, they will harm a childs mental
well-being.
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Goals objectives of art lessons

• Art lessons for children help develop and enhance
  awareness and understanding of the world,
  particularly the natural world and the world we
  live in. around the visual arts, through a
  thorough study of design principles and
  observational practices.
• Art lessons for children help children recognize
  design elements such as lines, shapes, colours,
  and space. Become familiar with the visual
  structure of objects and scenes.

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Goals objectives of art lessons

• Introduce children to an array of art materials
  and more contemporary and innovative art
  techniques.
• Help children engage and fully understand the
  principles of visual arts. Be able to access
  their visual intelligence and enhance their
  capability to solve problems.
• Enable children to make art that reflects their
  understanding of life and its experiences. Be
  able to present their ideas in cogent, original,
  and convincing ways.

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Impact of art on the mind

Art lesson plans for preschoolers show them the
way to be mindful. Being mindful is when you are
just aware and conscious of your own thoughts,
but without making a judgement about them. This
state of the mind activates parts of the brain
not touched by logical and linear thinking. Art
lessons can be used to create this unique
cognitive state of mind called the flow. By
practising art regularly, even a child can learn
to shift into this conscious state at will.
Reaping the benefits of a state of mind that is
mentally pleasurable and neurochemically
rewarding. Source This is a place to start your
childs love affair with art and creative
expression. Apart from giving children numerous
opportunities to enjoy and exercise their
creative thinking abilities, mindful activity
engages young minds to explore and discover
effective learning processes that support
positive educational outcomes.
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Impact of art on the mind
Mindfulness stimulates creativity and
imagination. It provides visual and sensory
experiences and a special way of understanding
and responding to the world we live in. And art
enables children to communicate what they see,
feel and think through the use of colour,
texture, form, pattern and different materials
and processes. Furthermore, children become
involved in shaping their environments through
art activities. Art is valuable not only as a
stand-alone activity but provides the perfect
link between all subjects Science, Technology,
English and Math (STEM). As a matter of fact, art
can act as a great delivery system for making
complex concepts of these subjects easy and
simple to understand.
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Art helps in developing motor skills
The alignment of the spine and the development of
deep stabilising muscles begins early when the
baby engages in lots of wriggling and squirming.
This continues throughout the first year with
tummy time. It is a natural process. Going
through these normal developmental movement
patterns of rolling, belly crawling and creeping
on all fours every day, ensures that by the time
a baby is able to stand up, she will have a
naturally aligned spine, a strong back and a good
posture. A child can then moves onto more complex
and refined movements of the arms and legs.
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Art helps in developing motor skills

Art lesson plans for preschoolers help to develop
gross and fine motor skills in very young
children. These include movements of larger
muscle groups that help with balance and
coordination, as well as develop the finer motor
skills, which are the smaller muscles in the
hands and fingers. These are essential for
writing, drawing and other precise actions that
need more refined hand-eye coordination. Arts and
crafts activities enhance a childs dexterity and
agility. With the enhancement of both gross and
fine motor skills through practice, a childs
manual dexterity, artistic skills, and speed also
increase.
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Improve self-expression manage feelings

Humans are hardwired to express themselves. You
just have to look at young children to understand
what can happen when they dont have the words to
describe what they are feeling. They let their
emotions take off. It could be an angry yell, a
scream of joy or an outburst of crying and
sometimes doing all three within a span of two
minutes! Expressing emotion through art is an
incredible way for children to release their
feelings before these embed themselves far too
deeply and begin to create other problems.
Studies show that whenever we suppress or deny an
emotion to be what it needs to be, our neural
pathways get blocked. Pretty soon, all the
feel-good hormones that dictate both our biology
and behaviour are unable to flow freely.
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Improve self-expression manage feelings

Arts and crafts activities are an effective
creative outlet for children to reflect and
manage their emotions. It doesnt matter if it is
through painting or drawing or writing, being
involved in the process of turning a thought into
a tangible piece of art in itself will
suffice. There is no need to follow rules because
there arent any. When you are creating something
that is a reflection of you, its best to let
your emotions guide you to feel fully and
completely. This allows a childs thoughts and
feelings to be moulded into something tangible
and real. Each time your child creates a work of
art, she is sharing new ideas, and trying out
different ways of expressing herself. Doing this
without realising your child is revealing her
innermost thoughts and feelings through her
artwork.
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Improve confidence self-esteem


To be able to have high self-esteem, children
must believe in their abilities and in
themselves. Its this self-belief that allows
children to try new things, challenge themselves,
take criticism, make mistakes and build
friendships. Art lesson plans for preschoolers
aim to improve confidence and self-esteem in many
ways. It helps children gain the confidence to
express themselves freely. Enabling them to
channel thoughts and feelings into their artwork
and communicate how they are feeling. When
children receive positive or constructive
feedback, this not only boosts self-esteem but
allows children to recognise their own strengths
and achievements.
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Improve confidence self-esteem


Always try to value effort over perfection. To
show them that its OK to make mistakes, reassure
them that its all part of learning and that you
too can make mistakes! Make it a point to provide
hands-on support. Simply because children learn
best by copying what they see, so if theyre
learning to draw, help them hold a colouring
pencil and guide their hand across the sheet of
paper. As they get older and more confident,
start art activities but do this separately, this
way their need for hands-on support lessens over
time. As art differs greatly from one person to
the next, it reinforces your childs
individuality and recognizes her unique
existence. Furthermore, the more a child engages
with art, the more she will grow in confidence.
By learning new techniques and having a better
understanding of how art makes her feel, your
childs sense of self-worth will be enhanced and
nurtured.
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Art helps develop patience

Waiting is a big part of childhood waiting in
line, waiting for your turn, waiting to grow up,
waiting for something special to happen. Patience
may be a virtue, but as every parent knows its
not one that many children possess. A child is
very impatient by nature and gets distracted
easily. Teaching patience in children is one of
the most important life skills your child can
learn while she is young. While teaching patience
can seem puzzling at first, you will come across
numerous each day when you can reinforce patience
with your child without her really noticing you
are teaching her a lifelong skill.
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Art helps develop patience

Children love to paint and play with colours.
While it can be tempting to rush things to get
your child to complete her artwork, please dont
interfere with the flow. Your childs levels of
patience will increase and she will soon realise
that good things take time! Whether it is the
duration of the time it takes to complete a piece
of art or learn a new artistic technique, it
takes patience and dedication. While painting, a
child will focus on all aspects like colours,
figures to be drawn etc, this requires attention
to detail which calls for having patience. Once a
child completes her artwork, your child will feel
a huge sense of accomplishment and realise that
hard work and dedication always pay off.
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Art helps build a growth mindset

Art lesson plans for preschoolers help them to
develop skills like resilience and grit, and
achieve a growth mindset that helps them master
their craft, do well academically, and succeed in
life. Ideally, this progression will happen
naturally, but often it can be aided by parents.
Children begin to shift their motivation,
resulting in a much healthier and more
sustainable learning environment. For your child
to truly grow and progress, there has to be a
point when internal motivation needs to be
balanced with external motivation. In the early
stages, a child will engage in art activities
because it is fun. However, this is not enough
for learning an art form. At this point, lean on
external motivation (awarding stars or giving her
a treat) to continue your childs progress.
Remember, both types of motivation will be
helpful and productive.
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Art helps build a growth mindset

Spontaneous art is liberating. It is the most
effective way to release emotions and reduce
stress. So allow your child to be impulsive,
throwing paint on a blank sheet of paper Pollock
style, and start working from there. Self-expressi
ve art will help your child discover new depth to
her thinking she may not have realized were
there. She will also realize that it can be
applied to so many other areas of her life. In
fact, this is what makes art such an important
part of early learning.
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Art helps children become socially
aware

A lot of the information we have about people and
cultures that lived millions of years ago came
solely from art. A culture without art isnt
possible. Art is at the very core of our identity
as humans. The greatest skill we can give our
children and humanity is an understanding,
appreciation, and ability to create art. When
children have hands-on experience in arts and
crafts, they begin to reflect critically on their
own work and those of others. They learn to act
and think like designers, working intelligently
and creatively. By engaging in creative pursuits,
children get the opportunity to think and act in
a positive, tangible and meaningful way.
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Art helps children become socially
aware

According to the International Child Art
Foundation, Research indicates that a child who
is exposed to the arts acquires a special ability
to think creatively, be original, discover,
innovate, and create intellectual property key
attributes for individual success and social
prosperity in the twenty-first century. Art is
a great equalizer, helping create a common ground
for children who dont know each other and who
may or may not be interested in the same things.
It can help children of all ages, races,
abilities, and even languages engage in a shared
activity. When participating with other children
in art class, for instance, gives children a
chance to interact with others while sharing
common interests. The process of arts and crafts
also strengthens parent-child bonding.
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About Abrakadoodle
Abrakadoodle is dedicated to supporting children
in the early years and building strong
foundations to ensure they get the best head
start. Process Art learning experiences, for
instance, inspire toddlers and young children to
think differently, be innovative, and explore new
ways to learn about interesting things found in
the real world. Our art lessons also change the
way a child discovers and imagines. Igniting her
mind to think, play and learn like never before.
If you like to enrol your child in our art
classes or find out more about why art classes
for childhood development is important, give
Abrakadoodle a call. Or better still, make an
appointment with the head of a centre near
you. You will get hands-on exposure to an
experience that will make you see art therapy in
a way that adds value to your childs life.
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About Abrakadoodle
Please note Abrakadoodle classrooms are
thoroughly sanitized every day the tables, the
chairs, the childrens activity stations and
everything else the child might touch is made
safe and clean. They also wear a mask, wash their
hands frequently, and practice social distancing.
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