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ART DEPARTMENT

Subject Overview

Art education is an integral part educational growth of all students
therefore an essential part of our Academic . The arts are important
to our understanding of society, culture, and history, and are essential
to the development of individual potential, social responsibility, and
cultural awareness. They also contribute significantly to the
intellectual, aesthetic, emotional, social, and physical development of
the individual.
It is a process of learning through visual, spatial and kinesthetic
approaches through a variety of mediums. The art Academic
provides opportunity for all children to express their emotions and
talents through their art work. It allows for the students to explore
their creativity and individualism.
The Academic of Pre-K teaches the children several things including
developing and controlling fine motor skills in various ways.
Additionally the Academic allows them to distinguish different
mediums, colors and the use of those colors to do arts and crafts.
Furthermore the Academic allows:
* Creative art
* Art in cultural context
* Make connections between art, personal experience and the world.

Arts and crafts activities stimulate a preschool child's
imagination and creativity, helping with physical and mental

development. A wide variety of activities that include
painting, drawing and construction are taught.

Milestones in Creative Development:
1. Explores different media and responds to a variety of sensory experiences.
Engages in

representational play.
2. Tries to capture experiences, using a variety of different media.
3. Explores color, texture, shape, form and space in two or three dimensions.

Academic Guide PRE-K
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