Arts

Role In

Childhood

Development

Intro

Besides an English Class or other few and far

between electives, students do not possess an

accessibility to mediums catered towards

expressions, character development, and

abstract intellect. Art students are four times

more likely to be recognized for academic

achievement and countries that possess the

highest math and science test scores(Japan,

Hungary, The Netherlands etc.) have made art

programs mandatory (Arts in Education). By

taking an initiative to become more aggressive

in the funding and organization of art

education, the American government can

improve a national quality found in science,

math, and humanities.

Benefits

Early on in life, preschoolers and

elementary students are presented

opportunities to bulk up their

vocabulary when learning about art

by being exposed to more

sophisticated terms for colors,

techniques, practices, movements,

and shapes (Speech Development)

Young children can take the values

they have learned in art and apply

them to mathematics to gain a more

solid understanding of the material

given.

Art can teach a toddler, unaware of

humanitys intricacies, that different

ethnic groups, subcultures, and

demographics all act, speak, and

look a particular way (cultural

awareness)

According to a compilation of

studies on the impact of arts on

learning, students who participate

in the arts outperform their peers

on virtually every measure.

Researchers found that

Sustained Learning in music

and theater correlates to great

success in math and reading, and

students from lower

socioeconomic backgrounds see

the greatest benefits.

-Americans for the Arts

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that

come from all over the place: from the sky,

from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a

passing shape, from a spider's web.

-Pablo Picasso