9. Art helps children learn to observe,
describe, analyze and interpret.
These critical thinking skills will be
necessary in academic subjects such
as math, science, and writing.
10. Children in the arts
will learn to re-
flect on a project
and see ways
to improve
or change.
They will en-
vision how
they
might
say a line or
how they might project their voice
in the next performance. They’ll
brainstorm ways to sculpt the clay
so it looks more like a giraffe the
next time.
11. Children learn collaboration.
Working in a singing group, act-
ing a part in a play, or working on
a class mural are all projects that re-
quire communication, shared goals,
and working side by side to achieve
those goals.
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12. Children who participate regu-
larly in the arts have been found
to achieve better grades and win
more awards than those children
who don’t have that luxury. (As re-
ported in a ten year study by Shirley
Heath of Stanford University.)
Providing experiences for your chil-
dren in the fine arts can be as simple as
supplying an art corner in your family
room. It can be singing songs together
or reading poetry aloud. You can make
homemade playdough or use old socks
to make puppets. It doesn’t have to cost
money or take a lot of time.
You may also choose to enroll your
children in music lessons, art lessons,
or drama classes. You may take them to
local art museums and introduce them
to folk art, sculpture, or oil paintings.
Whatever efforts you make to expose
your children to the arts will pay off in
their motivation, expertise and joy in
creative learning.
So get artsy with it and watch your
children bloom!
December 2018 WNY Family 35