Importance of Arts in Early Learning and Inclusion of Researching in Arts into an Early Learning Program

This article discusses the importance of arts in early learning and how to include researching in arts into an early learning program. It also includes an intentional teaching proposal and reflection on own arts curriculum design. The chosen area is researching the arts in early childhood, with a focus on clay art learning. The article highlights the benefits of learning clay art, including the development of motor skills, problem-solving skills, and creativity. The intentional teaching proposal includes curriculum intent, connections, concepts and skills, intentional teaching strategies, resources, and assessment and documentation.

EDU3CAA Curriculum
Design

TABLE OF CONTENT
PART A...........................................................................................................................................4
Importance of Arts in early learning and focusing on the chosen area including provocation
and observation............................................................................................................................4
PART B............................................................................................................................................5
Inclusion of researching in arts into an early learning program including the pathway of
learning and concept map............................................................................................................5
PART C............................................................................................................................................8
Intentional teaching proposal.......................................................................................................8
TASK D.........................................................................................................................................10
Intentional teaching proposal in action and how the curriculum is resourced...........................10
TASK E..........................................................................................................................................11
Reflection on own Arts Curriculum design...............................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

PART A
Importance of Arts in early learning and focusing on the chosen area including provocation and
observation
By having the research it is seen that by creating the pictures of they have read or seen
helps them to have learning of the art in the early stage. The learning of art is very important for
the Children as this helps them to develop their skills by drawing and writing their reflection.
The artistic activities used to improve the intellectual development of the benefits that used tos
stimulates the brain (Blaisdell and et.al., 2019). By learning the art in the early childhood helps
them to enriches the studying in the future. By integrating the performance of the arts in the early
childhood helps the students to have effective learning. This includes learning of music, singing,
dancing, drawings, role-playing or storytelling.
The chosen area is Researching the Arts in early Childhood which is helps in making the
pedagogical decisions. In order to develop the children in the early childhood I must have the
good skills of arts which helps me to make them learn greatly. By making them show the
different pictures on projectors will helps them to know about the new object. This is the best
technique can be used as the today's children are so fond of using phones. By applying the best
concept of art learning that helps them to enhance their knowledge in arts. The main concept of
the teacher is to familiarize the children with different types of areas of arts and techniques that
helps them to learn something new (Haslip and Gullo, 2018). By using the graphical or visual
pictures is the best technique to attract the students and make them to learn fast. This will help
me to analyse the grabbing power of the students by using this technique.
Provocation
By having the provocation it will help the teachers to make their students to learn the
things easily in the school. As by using the clay art will help to make the children to have their
interest in learning in the Arts. By making the art from the use of clay and making different
character from them will help me to develop the interest of the children of 0-5 years. This will
helps them to learn the new things in their art learning. By having this it will help me to know
about the interest level of children. This learning will make me know who used to grab the things
fast and on whom I have to focus more.
Observation

By having the provocation it helps me to get the responses of the children in order to
design the curriculum accordingly. As some students used to have good grabbing power that
makes them to learn the things faster. On the other hand some students were new so their
grabbing power was not so strong which used to take time in learning such arts. On the basis of
this the curriculum will be designed which helps to provide the better learning to the children.
PART B
Inclusion of researching in arts into an early learning program including the pathway of learning
and concept map
The research in arts can be embedded into the early learning program by the children’s
responses to the provocation. For making the children learn clay art in their weekly curriculum
the special clay art learning classes can be included. The classes can be on the alternate days for
an hour. The inclusion of clay art classes in the curriculum of the early school students will make
their way to learn various skills by them. In the opinion of Lisanza and Lisanza (2020) the motor
skills in the children will develop. Motor skills are the inclusion of learning of several
movements that uses various muscles of the human body for performance of the activities.
Learning of clay art by children involve touching and feeling of the clay. With the touch and feel
of the clay naturally relaxes the human mind. The relaxation of the minds of children enable
them to grasp the things better and fast. Learning clay art involves the functions by children to
press, squeeze, shape, reshape and poke the clay. Learning of clay art increases the imaginative
skills of the children and gives them ability to create their own things.
In addition to the development of motor skills clay learning enhances the problem solving
skills in the young minds. According to Greer & et.al. (2018) the children freely experience the
three d aspect of the environment. The ability to adapt to the changes is learned by the students
as while making desired things from the clay they experience the limitation of the clay available
to them. So they are made to use their mind and solve the problem to making the desired objects
with the limited amount of clay they have. The visualising skills improves as the children first
have to visualize the end image of the object they want to reach with the available clay.
Clay learning has the close relation with the expression therapy. The learning and playing
with clay have soothing effect over the mind. The emotions of various types like happiness,
sadness, anger, etc. are well expressed through the objects that the children make using clay.

Clay learning provides children with the opportunity to create something of their choice.
The creation of different object all by oneself creates the feeling of self-esteem enhancement in
the children. In the views of Razalli and Yusuf (2018) the young minds find themselves being
proud of the objects that they create. Further learning and playing with clay is safe for the
children it does not harm them in any way. They may get messy, that is liked by most of them,
yet while being safe. Clay learning is a fun way to educate the children which also enhances their
imagination. Children can compete with each other to make the most attractive clay model.

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PART C
Intentional teaching proposal
Elements Description
Curriculum Intent The curiosity of infants to know more about
shapes and their interest to create new things is
the reason for increasing focus over initiating
learning of clay art along with academic
curriculum.
Curriculum Connections Learning of clay art will result in children
experience various new things. Their
observation skills will enhance they will try to
recreate the things they encounter to in their
daily lives. Early years learning frameworks
principles that will be applied with the
introduction of clay art in the curriculum of
kids are partnerships, respect for diversity,
ongoing learning and reflective practice. The
educators will work in partnership with the
families of the children (Burns and et.al.,
2012). The imagination of the children is based
on the things they observe in their homes,
while creating objects with clay art the
experience of children at their homes will
reflect it their art work. This will help
educators to connect with the parents of the
children and in understanding their
expectations and feedback on the learning
process of their ward. Art is always linked with
the diversity, children with different
backgrounds when interact with each other
through the clay objects created by them will

learn to support diversity and get fascinate with
it. Children creating vivid objects will reflect
their feelings that will help the educator to
understand them in a better way. The
understandings of the thoughts and feelings of
children will assist educator in applying
teaching theories and philosophies accordingly.
Early years learning framework practices that
will be followed by the educator is intentional
teaching and learning through play. Intentional
teaching is purpose and thought based practice.
The educators following such approach realise
that learning in a best way occurs within social
contexts, meaning learning importantly
includes interacting and conversing. Clay
learning follows the practice of learning
through play. In learning through clay art
children learns new things through
discovering, creating, imagining and
improvising.
Concepts and Skills The skills that will be developed in the children
through learning of clay art are: their
coordination between hand and eyes will
improve largely, the practice of trial and error
will be encouraged among them (Considine,
2010). Further fine motor skills will be
developed. They will learn creativity. Clay
learning encourages learning based on playing.
Intentional Teaching Strategies Intentional teaching strategies involved are
active listening. Following the directions given
to the kids for handling clay will help them to

grasp the things at a faster pace.
Resources Clay, moulds, different shapes.
Documentation and Assessment The child will be assessed all throughout the
year based on the progress and interest
development for arts. The enhancement in the
imagination and creativity of the children will
be assessed throughout learning programme.
At the end certificates will be given on the
basis of the model they create and the idea that
gets represented through it.
TASK D
Intentional teaching proposal in action and how the curriculum is resourced
The above intentional teaching proposal was based on the focus area of researching in arts
in early childhood. This is very necessary for the reason that arts in childhood is very assistive in
managing and learning in field of child arts. For this the use of clay learning that is making the
child learn with help of clay is being undertaken. This is very assistive in developing good
learning for the student and to make them aware relating to the different concept and other
knowledge.
Experience, engagement, modelling individual learning disposition
The teacher need to be experienced as then only they can properly engage with the
student and try to improve the working efficiency of the child by making them learn with art.
This is very necessary for the reason that in case teacher will not be having good experience then
the student will not learn properly (Macalister and Nation, 2019). Thus, it is very necessary for
the teacher that they must have good experience and this will help them in providing better
learning. also, the effective use of technology is also assistive in making the student learn better.
This will include using technology for outlining different design and patterns which can be
provided to the student for developing with help of clay.
Documentation
The documentation includes EYLF learning outcome which are the goals that the child
has achieved during the learning process. The EYLF learning outcome includes attaining

knowledge relating to the key concept with help of clay art. The proper documentation will help
both teacher and student in order to improve the learning. these documents will be helping the
student and teacher as it will provide a base to them to work in proper and effective manner.
Learning provocation
This learning provocation is being designed in order to provoke learning among the
children and this is intentionally designed by the teacher. In the present case, the learning
provocation involved use of clay in order to make the child learn in better terms.
Scaffolding engagement
The scaffolding engagement includes the method through which teacher offers some
support to student in developing new skill in order to make the student learn better. For the
learning with help of clay the teacher will be providing a live making in front of children and this
will assist them in learning in better and effective way.
Resources, assessment and documentation
For the intentional teaching proposal, the resources required involves the different types
of clay and the moulds of different shapes. Along with this the different art related items will
also be used in order to make the student learn better and effective manner.
Teaching/ child discussion
This involves the continuous discussion and communication in order to improve the
working in better terms. The reason underlying this fact is that when the teacher will be
continuously communicating with the student then it will be resulting in better outcomes
(Mohanasundaram, 2018). In case the teacher will not be working in better and effective manner
then this might result in the student not learning in better and manner.
TASK E
Reflection on own Arts Curriculum design
From the above research on the arts it is seen that it will help the students to get good
knowledge in order to grow. This art used to have good and positive impact on the learning of
the children. By making the students to learn by using the clay art used to have increase in their
arts and learning as well (Sachdev, 2019). This makes me to know more about the children and
various other ways that will help me to do better in my future teaching. The use of clay art makes
the children to have their interest in learning as this was very innovative and interesting art. This
also makes me to know about the grabbing power of each child in order learn the things. By this

I have developed my teaching skills that will help me to influence my teaching in further
learning of the children.

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