Cathy A Malchiodi Case Study

The key characteristics in creativity can support young children’s development in a number of ways. Emotionally they learn how to manage frustrations if a project isn’t going to plan or can feel happy and proud and a sense of achievement when it is completed. Socially children can build up self-confidence by working alongside or with others, creating something to share and thereby making friends.

To enable the children’s voices to be heard, I explored various tools to engage the children from the Mosaic approach (Clark & Moss 2001). I disregarded using questionnaires as the children were unable to read and write so this would have been inappropriate. I disregarded role play as I didn’t feel I would get the responses I needed as directly, and I decided not to use tours as not all the children were confident communicators and they may have found this difficult. I wanted to be as inclusive as possible and ensure the technique was age and development appropriate. Therefore I chose to gather documentation by enabling the children to use cameras to take photos outdoors of what they liked and didn’t like. To ensure confidentiality of the photos taken I kept them in my private locked filing cabinet that only myself and my manager had access to. As my research required the children’s perceptions this technique ensured it was child led as were the later discussion where we came together in a quiet area to talk about why they took their particular images. This discussion enabled me to interpret what they were trying to say to me through the photos. As we looked at the photos it prompted their memory of why they had taken the picture. It was an interactive way to engage the children, and by the children taking their own photos helped lead the

In America, the Cherokee had lived in Southern Appalachia for hundreds, possibly thousands of years. Upon European settlement and eventual American Westward Expansion, the Cherokee began to lose their land and way of life. The 1835 census of the Cherokee People reveals that the Cherokee society prior to removal had a distinct culture but was forced into assimilation in hopes to remain on their land. Through American assimilation, the Cherokee sought to prove themselves as worthy republican citizens. To do so, the Cherokee adopted the English language, new ways of naming themselves, and a new patriarchal job system.

When I am planning work an individual I will observe them and assess how they liked the activity, if it kept their attention and if they were able to do it and if not what they require practice on. By observations and assessments I can plan work for the child I know they can achieve and enjoy. The child’s interests are paramount so what they enjoy is essential to my planning.

Children are born capable of learning, storing, organizing information on their own. They are competent in communicating with many modalities and media known as “the hundred languages of children”, Children are imitating characters, creative ways of bringing it to the child and working it with child modelling, telling story and singing and bring colour, music, picture as comforting wisdom through art and craft, letting them being a children again. All materials in the children’s world should be open-ended toys like building block, wooden animals, and hands-on design of material such as puppet making helps in the development of a child which include the special needs children too. (Follari, 2011)

During free play time were various children sitting at a table doing arts & crafts. They had; markers, grid paper, crayons, color pencils, and construction paper. B.V got a piece of grid paper, a yellow crayon, a black crayon, a red crayon, and a pink crayon. He drew a picture of a yellow figure. I asked him “what did you draw.” He said “Pikachu”. Various children came up to him and were astonished by his drawing. This helped him with his fine motor skills, his creative skills, and his social development. According to the Developmental Checklist a child at four years old should be able to draw a person with arms, legs, eyes, nose, and

First of all, the first aspect of the presentation on Children’s art that seemed significant to me, is confidence. The reason that I said like this because it shows to me of how confident that children are by their presentation of art. One more, it lets me see their capacity. As we may or may not know that for all the children have their abilities which haven’t the same as each other. Thus, by their art it might reveal to me know about credence of the children. Next, my aspect of the presentation on Rhoda Kellogg’s studies that seem significant for me is development of the children’s drawing. Her studies that I can see, was focused on the children’s art. More than this, I get to see more that she believes of the art by children which it can

Creativity in Children is one of the purest forms of self expression. There is nothing children want more than to openly express themselves free of judgement. Creativity, early on, is an important tool used by children to express personal feelings, thoughts, and experiences. The unfortunate problem seen in America however is the apparent trend, as described by psychologist, of an ever declining collective of creativity within our schools. This indeed is a problem since children use their creativity to make since of the world they live in. It is necessary to provide information to caretakers and providers on the proper techniques and etiquette of fostering creativity in children during the early stages of childhood development. Be that

Art: Another Language for Learning presents true stories about childhood development, with accompanying discussions about the role of art processes as well as products. It helps teachers and parents understand what they see when they look at children's art - and how to respond so that they may extend communication and advance learning. Authors Cohen and Gainer provide an ideal resource for anyone without previous art training now working with children. Moreover, they encourage teachers, students, and parents to discard preconceptions of art education as an accouterment to curriculum and embrace the myriad ways art can unlock doors, encourage expression, and enhance learning.

(Ya-Huei,2014) also stated that children naturally enjoy drawing. There drawings are typically simple and straightforward which reflects their psychological condition. At the early stages of childhood, children’s drawings are equivalent to their language, and

Throughout the fieldwork experience I create two portraits. The first one of an infant or toddler who was between 0-30 months old and the second portrait of a child between the ages of 3 and 8. In order to create the portraits I observed and interview the children’s parent at their homes. Based on the observations and interviews I created the portraits and had the opportunity to learn about each child. The portrait written based on the children consisted of a general description of the child, a description of the child’s social-emotional being, child’s physical/motor skills, child’s adaptive skills and children’s language development. In addition, to a summary analysis and any suggestion I made to parents.

The location of the observation was at the Community Center (Early Childhood education program) at 11:00am to 12:30pm on April 15, 2014. The meaningful experiences in early childhood education can positively shape children's development. With a teacher is guidance authentic child-art activity can educate enrich young students' learning abilities, encourage positive attitudes toward other children, and more importantly, learn to interact with people around them in the contemporary world. However, art for young students often takes many diversified approaches and emphasizing questionable practices. Observation is a part of meaningful and authentic early childhood art education. Observation enriches children’s experiences in

Encouraging creative thinking and expression are daily goals for teachers. Engaging with students is a form of promoting creativity and established a comfortable relationship with the environment that they are in. This is good for the youngster to express his or her interests. The children learn and the teachers gain trust from the student when he or she is allowing them to get familiar with his environment, leading a close relationship with the teacher and the classroom. This makes a more depth concentration academically when he or she has the curiosity about learning. Also during playing time teachers can benefit in learning the individual interest of the kid when he/she is playing in the classroom.

They are given paper and the crayons to fill it. Instruments and instruction to play them. A voice and encouragement to sing. Children’s lives are a blank canvas waiting to be filled, because they believe they can and should create art. When they find a passion for something, anything, they hone in on it. Children are sharks that never stop swimming.

Children’s art can tell their perspective on themselves, of their area, and of other people as well. Research articles such as as use methods such as children’s drawing to understand children’s self perception (Morgan, 2001; Rübeling, Keller, Yovsi, Lenk, Schwarzer, & Kühne, 2001) Other studies use children’s drawing of their family to understand how they interact with them (Bannon, Tirella, & Miller, 2016). Some studies also look at children’s drawings of their community to learn about what places impact them the most (Quiroz, Milam-Brooks, & Adams-Romena, 2014). Researchers also use children photography as a way to engage the children and learn about their environments as well (Alaca, Rocca, & Maggi, 2017; Quiroz,