Creative Arts Development in Children

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What do the arts provide children with?

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A vehicle and organizing framework to express ideas and feelings.

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What do music, movement, drama, and visual arts stimulate in children?

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They stimulate children to use words, manipulate tools and media, and solve problems in ways that convey meaning and are aesthetically pleasing.

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How do creative arts benefit young children?

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Participation in creative arts helps young children learn and use creative skills in other domains.

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How might children with disabilities participate in creative arts?

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Children may demonstrate alternate ways of meeting creative arts goals, such as focusing on rhythmic activities if they cannot speak or feeling vibrations if they have hearing impairments. Each child will reach individual learning goals at their own pace and in their own way.

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What is the role of universal design for learning (UDL) in creative arts?

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This offers the least restrictive and most inclusive approach to developing environments and curricula that support participation in creative arts for all children.