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Three-Dimensional Art. ECED 3214. THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART. Provides children with a multitude of possibilities for making complex shapes from a main body of materials. Can be touched, felt, and viewed from a variety of perspectives.
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Three-Dimensional Art ECED 3214
THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART • Provides children with a multitude of possibilities for making complex shapes from a main body of materials. • Can be touched, felt, and viewed from a variety of perspectives. • Provides opportunities for children to organize sculptural form to convey their own ideas about what they know and how they see what they know.
Gives them valuable life skills • Gives them a real sense of accomplishment • Gives them an opportunity to be creative • Can lead to greater self-confidence • Can improve eye-hand coordination • Can improve small and large muscle control • Gives kids an opportunity to develop problem-solving skills
Can give them a chance to solve real math and science problems • Helps kids compare and contrast size and shape • Helps them learn how to measure • Helps them learn how to plan ahead • Helps children learn new skills for working together
Molding and Sculpting with clay • Working with the clay becomes a whole body experience and encourages both large and fine motor development. • Clay invites physical manipulation and even the simplest of physical actions – squeezing, patting, poking, or piling it up – produces an immediate and satisfying change to its shape and form.
Working with clay is also a multi-sensory activity. • Clay can feel slimy and wet or it can be hard and dry. • Different clays have different smells and colors. • Children hear two unique sounds when they squeeze wet clay though their fingers and when they pound the clay onto the table. • As children learn to pick up on all of these subtleties they are strengthening their sensory skills.
Fabric and Fiber • Excellent material to see, touch and handle. • Comes in many colors and textures. • Can be glued, stitched, woven or unwoven.
Boxes, Wood, and Sand • Can use glues, tape, and boxes to construct three-dimensional objects. • Can transform three-dimensional objects to have personal meaning – cars, trucks, houses, etc. • Small pieces of wood offer a variety of possibilities for three-dimensional objects. • Sand casting can be used to create three-dimensional objects.
Increases Creative Expression • Encourage individual expression • Allow children to work with different materials. • Supports the development of spatial intelligence. • Allows children to use their imaginations to create patterns and designs. • Increases the ability to see objects emerge and unfold in the artistic process.