Children's Creative Expression

 This post is made to accommodate you if you joined class late and missed out on the scheduled activities for Monday May 31, 2021

Complete reading task for lessons 1-3 and here are questions to be answered. Please respond using private comments in your online class. 

1.What are 5 visual arts experiences that children can  engage in?

2. Highlight 1 strategy for fostering creative development and aesthetic awareness in children.

3. Outline one way by which you can create an interesting area for children

4. Why is it important to have an organized area for visual arts experiences?

5. What are atheistic qualities?

6. What is meant by the term human resources?

 7. How can human resources be demonstrated in arts?

LESSON 2 QUESTIONS

1.Outline 1 opportunity that you can provide to allow children to practice developing skills in visual arts, drama, music or movement.

2. What can a caregiver do (strategy) to encourage children to develop individual potential in creative arts, drama, music and movement?

3. How can a caregiver prepare the dramatic centre for a group of 4 year olds so that it is developmentally appropriate? In your response please add the materials or items will be added?

4. Why should teachers be knowledgeable about children’s interests before starting an activity?

 

LESSON 3

1.      What are some factors that may contribute to children’s rate of development?

2.      Why is it important to provide adequate materials for children?

3.      Fill in the blank: A productive teacher is _______  _______ and trying new __________ to include all children.  (always learning, approaches)

4.      Name 3 work surfaces that can be used for art.

5.      What are 3 concepts that can be taught to children through drama?

6.      List 3 genres of music that can be introduced to children.

7.      Fill in the blank: Providing children with opportunities to express themselves will build their ________ and ________ (self-esteem and self-concept)

Curriculum Development In Jamaica.

Introduction

According to the Jamaican Curriculum Guide for Children 4 to Five years, the fist written Jamaican pre-school curriculum for children four to six years old was completed in 1973 through the Project for Early Childhood Education (PECE), directed by Mr. D.R.B. Grant and funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. 

The “PECE Curriculum Manual”, as it was called, was a very detailed instructional guide comprising 24 volumes totaling 4,988 pages. It provided a step-by-step approach for presenting content from traditional subject areas. The detailed format was necessary as the majority of para-professional teachers in the basic schools then, were inexperienced and lacked in-depth knowledge of essential child development and education principles and practices. The manual served as a guide in the fortnightly workshops presented by a core of teacher trainers to develop the teaching skills of the para-professional teachers.

Use the Comment Section to respond to the following question. 

How would you feel if the early childhood education department in Jamaica should revert/go back to the PECE Curriculum Manual?