Design an integrated Creative Arts Experience. Choose an age group between birth to 3 years.

Purpose

This assignment is designed to enable students to develop an understanding of the ways young children’s ideas, thoughts and feelings are created and interpreted through the Arts by designing an integrated and extended Creative Arts investigation for children aged Birth - 3 years

Rationale

This assignment will assist you to discover the links between theory and practice and make judgements and distinctions about age specific needs and development of young children.

Description

Based on the given observations, design an extended investigation for young children that integrates each (4) of the Creative Arts domains (Visual Arts, Music, Dance/ movement, Drama).

Part 1. Observation and Mind map.

Drawing on the observation provided of 3 children, design a Mind map outlining the planning connections (4 Arts areas).

Part 2. Plans for four learning experiences that integrate the Creative Arts. Using the template provided, select four (4) integrated collaborative Arts experiences (4 different Arts areas). These should acknowledge the children’s sociocultural contexts, artistic development, multiple forms of expression and understanding of arts disciplines. The activities should be age appropriate and employ a range of teaching strategies. Examples (step-by-step photos or short video) of your own making to be included in each section.

Part 3. Guiding artistic development.

Document how children’s interactions may be observed and evaluated for future planning. Specific links to the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) must be made.

Part 4. Emergent Curriculum: Recommendations and resources to extend learning for future planning. For example, resources may include images of environments, open ended materials, songs, literature…