Teaching and Learning with Art: Activities for Early Childhood Development

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Introduction:
The term early childhood is the stage of human life which is considered as the most
important stage of human development. This phase includes the toddlerhood and few more years
after the toddler hood (Victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au. 2018). In psychology, early
childhood is the term that is defined as the time period from birth until the age of eight years.
The infancy, kindergarten, and the early childhood are of major importance and considered
development stage. The report aims to develop six activities that are aimed to develop children’s
skills from the age group of 5-6 years of age.
Rational:
The theme of Lev Vygotsky’s theoretical framework, the development of cognition is
highly impacted by the social interaction. The according to Vygotsky in the cultural development
of children, every function appears twice. Firstly, it occurs on the social level and secondly it
appears on individual level. Therefore, it is important to incorporate social interaction in the
early years of a child’s development. Vygotsky also represents the idea that the cognitive
development’s potential is depended on the “zone of proximal development”(Wass and Golding
2014). Therefore, it is possible to improve that particular area with the help of art.
From the previous assignment, it is found that children are involved in creative art and
evolve with ways of self-expression. According to Early Years Learning Framework, play-based
learning activities help children learn to organize and develop their senses regarding their world
around them (Education.gov.au 2018). Therefore, through the help of these activities teachers
should be able to build confidence in children. Also, according to Victorian Early Years

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Learning and development Framework, every child should be acknowledged with identity,
culture and spirit. Therefore, both Early Years Learning Framework and Victorian Early Years
Learning and development Framework provide teaching approaches led by adults while focusing
on children. Creative teaching methods with the help of art are the focus of the report and
keeping the learning outcome in mind the six activities are designed accordingly.The early
childhood is the phase when child learns the three ‘B’. Child develops the sense of Belonging,
Being and Becomingduring the early yearssince birth (Hitch, Pépin and Stagnitti 2014). Art has
always been a way of expression, children too are found exploring, learning and expressing
through art. Therefore incorporating art with activities will develop the zone of proximal
development. Keeping the mentioned requirements as the priority the six activities have been
planned (Education.vic.gov.au. (2018).

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Overview planning table
Planning of the activities : searching for the appropriate
learning activities
Conduction of the activities within a
duration of 30 minutes
Brainstorming through thevideoclips for
understanding the steps of the activities
Experience 1:Indoor gathering
circle.Discussing about the different
activities
Reflecting on the activities
Arranging for the necessary equipments to carry out the
activities.
Allocating the activities to each group of students
Documenting the steps and learning outcome

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A short introduction of the 3 activities
Sensory play has significant role to play in child’s development. Children in some way be
able to rattle when they are asked about senses to them. To make them aware of the sense,
sensory play in incorporated. It is not only children with difficulty who can benefit from sensory
play but also children who are physically and mentally stable. Sensory play is an exploration of
sense in the child’s own way of examining, discovering, categorizing and making sense of the
world.Sensory play is an extremely effective play for toddlers and young children. Sensory play
involves different forms of textures, tastes, and objects that help build new ways of talking about
the world. There can be different types of sensory play such as exploring the sounds the objects,
experimenting with mixing elements together, feeling the texture of different materials or pulling
thingsapart.From the time of their birth till the age of six children’s brain develops and it is the
stage that help in their cognitive development most. Through cognitive play, children are helped
to develop their cognitive skills. Children learn through movement when they participate in
physical activity. The physical activity performed in different setting helps them explore basic
play equipment. They develop balance, and physical identification.

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Sensory play
Activity 1
Art type Visual art
Title of the activity Playing with dough
Age Level 5-6
Explore and express
ideas
This will increase the
creativity skills of the
child and will help in
the kinesthetic learning.
Arts practice
This will help the child
to expeiments with new
structures
Present and perform
Child will develop
skills of coordination as
to which color is
compatible or what are
the probable structures
that can be made
Respond and
interpret
A child starts
responding and
interpreting to a figure
built with the real life
substances.
Art learning intentions: Enhances fine motor skill, Improves pre-writing skills, Creativity and
imagination, Calming effect, Develops hand – eye coordination, Social skills, Increases curiosity and