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PRE-K/KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
Creates a Foundation for All Learning
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Young children are often natural artists. Even if they have never seen a paintbrush or a piece of clay, they joyously embrace the experience. These eager learners benefit greatly from visual arts instruction that combines art making with discovery, encouraging children to ask questions about what they see and reflect on what they make. In this two-year program, children develop essential skills like problem solving and working in groups. They also build vocabulary and self-confidence as they are encouraged to take risks and explore their own creativity. STUDIO’s Pre-K/Kindergarten Program for the littlest learners also provides hands-on professional development on an ongoing basis for teachers, a rich variety of art supplies, parent workshops with take-home materials, and features ongoing displays and celebrations of children’s art work. Early childhood teachers report great benefits from working with Studio’s artist/instructors to develop a sustainable visual arts curriculum. Invest in your littlest learners and give them a strong foundation for success!
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Young children are often natural artists. Even if they have never seen a paintbrush or a piece of clay, they joyously embrace the experience. These eager learners benefit greatly from visual arts instruction that combines art making with discovery, encouraging children to ask questions about what they see and reflect on what they make. In this two-year program, children develop essential skills like problem solving and working in groups. They also build vocabulary and self-confidence as they are encouraged to take risks and explore their own creativity. STUDIO’s Pre-K/Kindergarten Program for the littlest learners also provides hands-on professional development on an ongoing basis for teachers, a rich variety of art supplies, parent workshops with take-home materials, and features ongoing displays and celebrations of children’s art work. Early childhood teachers report great benefits from working with Studio’s artist/instructors to develop a sustainable visual arts curriculum. Invest in your littlest learners and give them a strong foundation for success!
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EXPLOREYour littlest learners explore collage, wood construction, paint, clay and puppetry. They learn to look closely at objects and respond to the visual world that surrounds them, including exemplary works of art and art in picture books. Teachers ask questions that lead children to reflect on differences in texture, color, shape, and size. Children learn to make choices about materials and solve concrete problems, for example, like how to combine simple shapes to represent an animal. As they explore the world through art, they deepen their sense of self and identity and find new worlds opening.
* DISCOVERChildren create a new language when they make art. They express ideas and emotions they may not otherwise be able to, and often discover a new sense of self. They discover fundamental principles like cause and effect when they experiment with mixing colors or by balancing wood while building a sculpture. They also discover
appreciation for other children’s points of view and emotions as they work together and share reflections about their work. * CREATECreativity is hard work. It requires children to engage in observing, remembering, and imagining. Students use all five senses when working. They might notice the fuzzy edge of a torn piece of paper. When combined with each child’s unique set of strengths and perspectives, these artistic explorations motivate to create meaningful artworks and build foundational skills that will serve them throughout their lives.
* LEARNChildren learn how to make art – and so much more. The STUDIO method teaches children to observe the world closely, describe what they see, and reflect on what they create. They learn to engage, focus, persist, take chances. They learn to use art tools, including their hands, and increase their fine motor skills. They learn to share their artwork with others. Most importantly, they learn they can create – and it gives them
the confidence and curiosity to take on new tasks. * How to applyClick HERE to download the PreK/Kindergarten Program application. For more information about this program contact the Pre-K/Kindergarten Program coordinator at (212) 459-1455 ext.235 or ddelvos@studioinaschool.org.
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