Twenty Reasons Art is Good for Kids
- Art stimulates both sides of brain.
- 33% of children are visual learners.
- Studies show that children who do art read better and do better in math and science.
- Children need to learn through their senses and art is an excellent way of doing this.
- Children must have a place in school to express themselves.
- Art enhances self-esteem.
- Art develops awareness of the physical environment.
- Art develops hand-eye coordination.
- Art enhances perceptual development.
- Art teaches open-ended thinking. It presents a culture of questions rather than a culture of answers.
- Art teaches children that there can be more than one solution to the same problem.
- Art teaches children how to engage in creative problem solving.
- Children can share and reflect on their art to learn about themselves, each other, and the world in which they live.
- When art is integrated with other curriculum areas children become more engaged in learning process.
- In the process of art making a child is presented with possibility, discovery , and freedom thereby disrupting the control and predictability of conventional education found in the U.S. today.
- Art nurtures the human soul! (It feels good to do it!)
- Art brings the community’s cultural resources into the classroom.
- Art involves parents and guardians in school governance and volunteer activities.
- Art provides a means, a common ground, to reach across racial stereotypes, barriers, and prejudices.
- Art is valuable for its own sake!
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