Visual Art

Young children enjoy doing art for the experience, the exploration and the experimentation. In the process of doing art, they discover mystery, creativity, joy, frustration and make connection between their creation and their feelings.

In Together Family Child Care, we encourage children to use art materials independently in artistic process rather than dictating them to finish a product.

An artistic processed art can support different developmental skills such as:

Fine motor skills: When they glue, draw, paint, and plays with clay or homemade dough.

Language and literacy Development: As we talk with children about their artwork, their vocabulary expands. Children often tell about their ideas, expressing through the art and this type of conversation supports language and literacy development.

Social and Emotional Development: There is joy and self-exploration in self-expression. Art supports the development of self-regulation and self-control as a child focuses, makes choices, and feels successful. The ability to focus is important to future school success.