The Arts in the Early Years

Catalog description

The Arts in the Early Years: This course prepares participants to integrate the Arts (visual arts, creative writing, music, theatre and dance) across the early childhood/elementary curriculum. It covers art content; theories, methods and materials of instruction; lesson planning and classroom management techniques for Arts-based teaching, with a particular emphasis on engaging diverse students in personally and culturally meaningful self-expression. Students will explore developmentally appropriate practices that nurture artistic development and experience the creative process through hands-on study of the Arts.