Overarching Principles These principles should be kept in mind at all times when thinking about preschool curriculum and working with young children.

1.  All children are capable of learning

2.  Children show individual differences in development

3.  Knowledge of child growth and development is essential for program development and implementation

4.  Children’s language skills are the best indicators of academic success

5.  Developmental domains are highly interrelated

6.  Young children learn by doing

7.  Families are the primary caregivers and educators of their young children

Overview of the History and Social Science Preschool Learning Experiences

  Movement & Dance

  Music

  Theatre Arts

  Visual Arts

Review the Overview of the Learning in the Arts document before continuing this module.

Movement & Dance 1 1. Explore activities and vocabulary

related to movement, balance, strength, and flexibility.

Preschool and Kindergarten play area

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Movement & Dance 2 2. Respond to a variety of musical

rhythms through body movement.

Do Re Me Maria Music curriculum example

From Do Re Me Maria music at http://www.doremeandmaria.com/

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Movement & Dance 3 3. Participate in simple sequences

of movements and dance to various kinds of music.

Movement Dances

Hokey Pokey

Looby Loo

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

Ring Around the Roses

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Movement & Dance 4 4. Express themselves freely

through movement. Teacher Resources on Creative Movement

SoundPlay: Understanding Music through Creative Movement by Leon Burton

Dance, Turn, Hop, Learn!: Enriching Movement Activities for Preschoolers by Connie Bergstein Dow

Time For Dancing Preschool Dance Experience video + CD Set by Time For Dancing, Emma Sutherland, and Suzanne Denton

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Movement & Dance 5 5. Use props to explore space and

movement. Props

  Balls

  Hoops

  Bean bags

  Carpet squares

  Twister game

  Ribbons

  Parachute Image courtesy of flickr by acockle http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/2883491950_99591cf9ab_z.jpg

(2010) CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Image courtesy of flickr by Martin Kimeldorf's Pixel Playground

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zz=1 (2010) CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Movement & Dance 6 6. Act out ways that movement and

dance can show feelings or convey meaning.

William Tell Overture by Mozart

Animals to Imitate Ideas to Imitate

Snake Cold person

Elephant Bowl of jello

Turtle Tornado

Frog A leaf in the wind

Movement & Dance 7 7. Develop audience skills by

observing performances or artists at work in various aspects of the Arts.

How to be a good audience member

  Be quiet

  Sit in your seat

  Pay attention

  Applaud at the end

  Use the intermission to use the restroom and move around

  When leaving, wait your turn

Music 8 8. Sing a variety of songs within

children's vocal range, independently and with others.

Children’s Songs and Lyrics

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Music 9 9. Sing expressively.

Bus Songs

Expressive Song Examples

  Wheels on the Bus

  If You are Happy and You Know It

  Five Little Monkeys Image courtesy of Philip Sheridan Elementary School http://www.wasd.org/wasdpa/lib/wasdpa/_shared/WASD%20Clipart/school_bus.jpg (2011) CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Music 10 10. Sing songs with

repetitive phrases and rhythmic patterns.

London Bridge is Falling Down

  London Bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down, My fair lady.

  Build it up with iron bars, Iron bars, iron bars, Build it up with iron bars, My fair lady.

  Iron bars will bend and break, Bend and break, bend and break, Iron bars will bend and break, My fair lady.

  Build it up with gold and silver, Gold and silver, gold and silver, Build it up with gold and silver, My fair lady. Jerry Daykin; Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/

1/10/LLW_London_Bridge.jpg (17 July 2003) CC BY 2.0

Music 11 11. Listen to various kinds

of instrumental music and explore a variety of melody and rhythmic instruments.

Homemade Instruments

Children’s World Music

Michael miceli; Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Cajun_instruments.jpg/800px-Cajun_instruments.jpg (March 30, 2009) CC BY 2.0

Music 12 12. Play instruments using

different beats, tempos, dynamics, and interpretation.

Hutchins, P. (1989) The Doorbell Rang. New York: Greenwillow Books.

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Music 13 13. Listen to, imitate, and

improvise sounds, patterns, or songs.

Tapping Sticks Video

Image courtesy by Amber Friesen (2011) CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Theatre Arts 14 14. Listen to storytellers and watch

puppet shows.

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Theatre Arts 15 15. Use dramatic play, costumes,

and props to pretend to be someone else.

Firefighter Video

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Theatre Arts 16 16. Create characters through

physical movement, gesture, sound, speech, and facial expressions.

Stories to Act Out

  Three Little Pigs

  Five Little Monkeys

  Little Red Riding Hood

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Theatre Arts 17 17. Create scenarios, props, and

settings for dramatizations and dramatic play.

My Machine Video

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Visual Arts 18 18. Explore a variety of age-appropriate

materials and media to create two and three-dimensional artwork.

Types of Projects

  Collages

  Sculpture

  Paintings

  Drawing

  Building

Preschool Art Tools

  Paint-finger, tempera, watercolor

  Crayons

  Clay or playdough

  Wood

  Glue

  Pipe cleaners

  Paper

  Feathers

  buttons

Visual Arts 19

19. Observe and safe and appropriate use and care of art materials.

Rules from http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/arthazards/child3.html

Children's Safety Rules

1 Control the art materials the child uses; purchase only art materials approved for children; investigate donated art supplies

2 Discuss w/their physician, limitations that children w/special needs might have in terms of art materials

3 Preschool age children should only have access to a small amount of art materials at a time, to limit the amount they can ingest

4 Supervise children's art activities; don't allow food or drink in the area; cover open cuts and sores

5 Be alert to any unusual reaction by children to art materials

6 Contact poison control center in case of accidental ingestion; keep product label handy for label info.

7 Children should wash hands after use of art materials

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Visual Arts 20 20. Explore and experiment with wet

and dry media in a variety of colors including black and white.

Media Choices

  Crayons

  Markers

  Chalk

  Paint

  Tissue Paper Image courtesy of flickr by Cockburn Libraries http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/4522570003_da96ea5276_z.jpg (2010) CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Visual Arts 21 21. Explore how color can

convey mood and emotion.

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Visual Arts 22 22. Explore various types of lines in

artwork and in nature.

Image courtesy by Angi Stone-MacDonald (2011) CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Visual Arts 23 23. Experiment with the use of texture in artwork.

Tools for creating texture

  Wallpaper

  Sponges

  Cotton balls

  Sand paper

  Leaves

  Fabric

  Ceramic tools

Visual Arts 24 24. Use basic shapes and forms of

different sizes to create artwork.

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Visual Arts 25 25. Explore concepts of pattern and

symmetry in the environment and artwork.

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Visual Arts 26 26. Create artwork from memory or

imagination.

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Visual Arts 27 27. Choose artwork for display

in the classroom, school or community or for a personal book, class book or portfolio, and explain why they chose it.

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Next Steps   Read the articles included below that support why these

standards are being taught and the best ways to teach them.  

  Look over the Arts scope and sequence checklist and inventory for meeting Arts standards and keeping track of how you meet them. This is also a tool that can be used to plan progress monitoring for students. Remember you can work on multiple standards simultaneously.

  Complete the Arts module quiz.

  Complete and turn in your Arts module assignment via Blackboard.

Congratulations!! You have completed the Arts Module.