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Enhancing Child Development Through Art: A Holistic Approach

This chapter explores how art contributes to physical, mental, and emotional growth in children. It discusses motor development, thinking skills, social interaction, and creative expression through creative activities and sensory experiences, emphasizing a total program approach. From hand-eye coordination to flexible thinking, art plays a crucial role in fostering holistic development in children.

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Enhancing Child Development Through Art: A Holistic Approach

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  1. Chapter 9Art and Physical-Mental Growth Art and Physical (Motor) Development Art and Mental Development Art in the Total Program

  2. Art and Physical (Motor) Development Motor development = physical growth Hand-eye coordination Motor control Pattern of physical growth Large to small—gross to fine Head to toe—cephalocaudal Inside to outside—proximodistal

  3. Art and Mental Development Art and thinking skills Creative activities and the senses Color concepts Concept of change Flexible thinking Vocabulary

  4. Art and the Total Program Art develops children in these ways: Socially Mentally Physically Emotionally Creative expression Creative thinking across the curriculum

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