Imagining the World through the Arts

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Talking in the context of the children the creative arts refers to the practices and the
forms of arts which nourishes the creativity in each of the children during their early childhood.
The examples of such art forms are dancing, art and crafts, music, drama and puppetry. These
types of art forms initiate and shape a child’s imagination and open several exclusive
possibilities for each and every child. The creative arts are another way to teach the children that
it is not right to emphasize only on the results rather than the method or the way by which a
person reaches the conclusion is far more significant. Creative arts open up several domains and
foster flexibility in the minds of the children.
The types of Creative Arts judge the knowledge, competencies, and values, of the
children developed by them after learning the various types of creative arts. Each of the genres of
the art ( like dance, art and crafts, visual arts and music) is formed around four strands which are
inter-related with each other. The four strands are: Understanding the context of the art, gaining
the practical knowledge of the art form, the ability creates in arts, the ability to interpret and
communicate the various forms of arts. Understanding the theme of art helps learning to
acknowledge the power of arts to shape the entire world(Durden, Escalante & Blitch, 2015).To
enquire about the evolving nature of art over a period of time, the forms of art have been
constantly changing and adapting with the evolving emotional state of the human beings. This
also helps to find out the interrelation between tarts and the contemporary forms of art in the
creative industry.
The function of the next strand is to develop the practical skills required to master a
particular form of art and to connect them (Russell-Bowie, 2012). This form teaches exploration

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and experimentation of the methods of the art forms, learning and using different structures,
technologies and processes related to the arts and also engaging with others who are interested in
these forms of art and to interact and learn from them. It also makes one to apply new techniques
in the practical application of the arts.
The students develop the ability to put forward creative ideas with the help of various
types of creative art forms and in this way, they also develop a creative power (Wilkinson et al.,
2017). By going through the process of arts and making up different ideas to create a new form
of it. Building confidence and expressing one’s emotions and feelings through the forms of
creative art, sharing the ideas of development with others for further learning, creating unique
artwork reflecting the knowledge gained from the learning and practice.
Communicating and interpreting in the arts helps to promote and refine the chances of the
children and also to share and convert the meaning of the creative forms by presenting their own
form of art using the contemporary forms of art (Ewing, 2010 ). Viewing the works done by
others from a critical point and to respond to such art works. Challenging oneself and others to
practice a different form of learning the new ways of the art forms. To understand the ideas
related to various forms of art and practicing various forms of the same.
The benefits and significance of creative arts in the early childhood include the physical
and the all-round mental development of the children; it helps to reduce stress and also at the
same time enhances emotional stability. One may easily question that how the creative arts can
help in the development of motor skills in the children, but the answer is rather a simple one.
While drawing or creating crafts the children develops their ability to hold things and utilize
them as per their necessity enhances their physical movement skills (Hopkins, Geangu &