Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Art Exam
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Course Introduction
This course explores the foundational principles and best practices for designing and implementing effective art curricula for young children. Emphasizing the developmental stages of early childhood, the course examines how artistic expression enhances cognitive, social, emotional, and motor growth. Students learn to select appropriate materials, plan engaging art activities, and create inclusive environments that foster creativity and self-expression. The course also addresses assessment strategies, the integration of art across content areas, and the importance of cultural diversity in early childhood art instruction.
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Growing Artists Teaching the Arts to Young Children 6th Edition by Joan Bouza Koster
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Chapter 1: The Arts and Young Children
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Q1) Current research on the relationship of the arts to healing shows that:
A)music is the most effective of the arts in relieving stress.
B)all the arts except visual art can reduce heart disease.
C)the arts have little effect on one's health.
D)all the arts are effective at relieving stress.
Answer: D
Q2) Identify and describe the four categories of learning goals as identified by Katz and Chard.
Answer: 1.Knowledge: the vocabulary, concepts, and facts that need to be learned
2.Disposition: the way of behaving that characterizes that area of learning, such as being a dancer or an artist
3.Skill: the techniques and ways of working in that area of learning
4.Feelings: the emotional response to that area of learning
Q3) Which of the following summarizes Piaget's beliefs about how children learn?
A)Children are born with innate preferences that determine what they learn.
B)Children are active learners who construct their own knowledge of the world from their experiences.
C)Children learn only from watching what other people do.
D)all of the above
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Nurturing Creativity
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Q1) Write a short, easytoread letter addressed to children's families suggesting at least three ways they can respond positively to their children about their artwork and performances.
Answer: The letter should include some of these ideas:
1.Ask how it was done.
2.Ask whether there is a story they can tell about it.
3.Describe what you see in the artwork or performance.
4.Display the work or photographs of the performance.
Q2) Which of the following will best nurture children's creativity?
A)scolding a child for spilling paint on the floor
B)cutting out a shape for a child having trouble using a scissors
C)putting "good job" stickers on each child's art work
D)providing time for children to explore new materials and techniques
Answer: D
Q3) Children's play is considered a creative act because it:
A)mimics adult behavior.
B)is spontaneous and imaginative.
C)is hard to understand.
D)is time-consuming.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Artistic Development
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Q1) Dan teaches a kindergarten class.Based on the work of Kindler and Darras, which of the following arts behaviors might he see?
A)everyone singing in tune
B)most children drawing random marks
C)some children making car sounds and pretending to drive cars
D)most children moving randomly when dance music is played
Answer: C
Q2) Carla teaches a preschool class of three- and four-year-olds.Which of the following arts activities will be most suitable for the children in her class?
A)working in groups of ten to learn lines for a play
B)singing a song with harmonies
C)coloring pre-printed pictures for an hour
D)practicing keeping time using rhythm instruments
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Awakening the Senses
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Q1) Explain how you would use a children's book to develop sustained attention and focus and to introduce the elements of the arts.What are three wonderings you could say?
Q2) Jayla, a kindergarten teacher, selects an abalone shell as a stimulus for a sensory arts activity.Her next task is to:
A)imitate the children's behavior with the shell.
B)point to the shell and say something engaging.
C)give enthusiastic verbal feedback.
D)observe and assess the children as they respond to the shell.
Q3) Which of the following statements would develop tactile perception?
A)"Look at all the colors on that quilt!"
B)"Doesn't the quilt feel fluffy?"
C)"Can you see the pattern in the quilt?"
D)"How many rectangular shapes can you count?"
Q4) Discriminating sounds, pitches, and rhythms is the main function of what kind of perception?
A)visual
B)auditory
C)olfactory
D)gustatory
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Chapter 5: Coming Together Through the Arts
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Q1) Four-year-old Max says that he is no good at singing.Which social-emotional skill should his teacher focus on developing so he will be more successful in school?
A)self-confidence
B)empathy
C)self-control
D)cooperation
Q2) Karen is planning to make a mural with her kindergartners.Which of the following should she do?
A)Before starting, prepare the wall where the finished mural will be displayed.
B)Ask the children for their ideas and write them on a chart.
C)Put out the materials and then stand back and observe what the children do.
D)Because they are older, have them work on the mural one at a time.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of the prevention behavior strategy?
A)Thomas sits his preschoolers in a circle and has them pass around a tambourine.
B)Flori puts her preschoolers in pairs and gives them a tambourine to share.
C)Laiya does not allow her preschoolers to use tambourines.
D)Abeka gives each of her preschoolers a tambourine to play.
Q4) Name at least four ways to capture the process of making group art projects.
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Chapter 6: Creating a Place for the Arts
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Q1) Frank films his class's creative movement activities several times over the school year, edits them together, and then displays the video on his school's website.The purpose of this display is to:
A)promote the school.
B)display the elements of dance.
C)show his integrated curriculum.
D)show artistic growth.
Q2) Cari wants to organize musical instruments in an aesthetic way that entices children to use them.Which would be the best way for her to do this?
A)Arrange them by type in baskets and place them on a low shelf.
B)Put all the instruments in a big open box in the center of the music area.
C)Hang them on the wall out of the children's reach.
D)Keep the instruments in a colorful bin and hand them out to the children.
Q3) Several parents have asked Lorna to let their half-day preschoolers use tablets in her classroom.What should she tell them?
A)"That's a great idea!"
B)"They can use them for half an hour when it matches curriculum activities."
C)"They can keep them in their cubbies and use them when they feel like."
D)"They should never use them."
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Chapter 7: Introducing the Worlds Arts
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Q1) Which of the following is an effective way to have children use literacy skills to respond to a performance they have seen?
A)Have children dictate their reaction to the performance.
B)Have children watch a video of the performance.
C)Tell children it is not necessary to tell parents about the performance.
D)Review their audience behavior and tell them what they did wrong.
Q2) Imagine you are taking a group of preschoolers to a children's concert.Describe how you would prepare the group for viewing the performance and give at least two ways to develop literacy skills through responsive activities.
Q3) Which of the following should a teacher do to keep children's attention while reading a book?
A)Read every word in the book without skipping pages or text.
B)Show real objects that tie in with the story.
C)Have children guess what the pictures show.
D)Tell them you will stop reading if they wiggle.
Q4) How can multicultural works be selected to represent other cultures fairly without bias?
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Chapter 8: Integrating the Arts Into the Curriculum
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Q1) Jamie wants to integrate the arts fully into her curriculum.How would you suggest she do this?
A)Teach a lesson about the arts every day.
B)Tie an arts activity in with a lesson on science or math.
C)Make a listening center and an art easel available as a center choice.
D)Have arts materials available at all times.
Q2) Select an integrating question of your choice and complete an MI planning web for it.
Q3) Kerin, a second grader, brings her pet Madagascan cockroach to class and shares how she got it.Which of the following is a teacher using the project approach most likely to do?
A)Thank Kerin for sharing and ask her to take it home at the end of the day.
B)Show the children where Madagascar is on the map.
C)Ask the other children to share stories about their pets.
D)Compliment Kerin on having such an unusual pet.
Q4) Which of the following should be included on a documentation panel?
A)quotes by the children
B)the relevant Common Core Standards
C)magazine cut-outs and cute cartoons to add color
D)a list of references consulted
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Chapter 9: Creating Visual Art
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Q1) Which of the following visual arts activities best encourages children to explore their feelings through revisitation?
A)making a pinch pot from firing clay
B)building a block tower using architectural blocks
C)working with paint at the easel many times
D)making a basket from dried grass
Q2) Based on Rhoda Kellogg's in-depth analysis of the patterns and forms found in children's art, we should:
A)encourage all children to scribble.
B)give a child a picture to color when he or she scribbles.
C)guide a child's hand when he or she scribbles.
D)understand that scribbling is a common stage of development for children.
Q3) Which of the following is true of controlled exploration with regard to modeling?
A)It relates to the development of the child's intrapersonal skills.
B)It reflects the child's developing language skills.
C)It relates to the cognitive development of the child and the growth of mental imagery.
D)It reflects the child's increasing physical control over his hands and fingers.
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Chapter 10: Making Music
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Q1) To work toward creating a more soothing, stress-free classroom, teachers should have children:
A)participate in rhythm band daily.
B)explore the sound center daily.
C)listen to familiar songs and lullabies.
D)listen to unfamiliar music to expand their preferences.
Q2) The unique quality of a sound that lets us identify it is called the:
A)rhythm.
B)timbre.
C)dynamics.
D)pitch.
Q3) Which of the following describes the dynamics of a piece of music?
A)a time-based pattern that orders sound and makes it musical
B)the speed at which a musical composition is played
C)changes in volume and the accenting of certain tones in a piece of music
D)the highness or lowness of a particular sound
Q4) When selecting instruments for young children, what criteria should the instruments meet? Give three examples of appropriate instruments and the developmental level they best fit.Then select one of the instruments and complete an activity plan that features that instrument.
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Chapter 11: Moving Creatively
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Q1) Which of the following should be done when incorporating cues in a dance activity for children?
A)Explain why a cue is needed for the performance and the purpose of it in the dance.
B)Demonstrate the cues and then begin the activity before they forget.
C)Invent new cues to match each new movement activity.
D)If children fail to follow the cues, change them to something simpler.
Q2) Which of the following is an open-ended way to incorporate technology into the creative music program?
A)Take a video of the children dancing, then project it as a background while they invent a new dance in response.
B)Have children hold tablets and explore different ways they can move safely carrying them.
C)Take a video of the children dancing, then use it to have each child assess their peers' dancing abilities.
D)Use a Wii program that teaches the steps to a popular dance.
Q3) Describe the differences among the four levels of control-precontrol, control, utilization, and proficiency.
Q4) Explain how to plan a creative movement activity.
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Chapter 12: Nurturing the Imagination
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Q1) How would you set up an intriguing play center for young children? Describe the layout of the center and the materials you would have there and what component you would use to make it anti-bias.
Q2) What are the components of a narrative drama or story play? Give an example of an activity that would address one of these elements.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of an improvisational role play appropriate for toddlers?
A)After reading the book Swimmy, the children are assigned to be characters from the book and asked to act out the story.
B)After a problem on the playground, the teacher asks several children to act it out and then discuss solutions.
C)The teacher gives out animal masks and asks the children to act out a story that includes every animal.
D)The teacher names an animal and asks the children to act out what that animal would do.
Q4) How are theater performances and children's dramatic play similar?
Q5) Define the four core processes of dramatic arts and give an example of an activity that addresses each one.
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