Introduction to Creative Arts in Early Childhood Exam
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Course Introduction
This course explores the foundational principles and practices of creative arts in early childhood education, emphasizing the importance of fostering creativity, self-expression, and cognitive development in young children. Students will examine various art forms including visual arts, music, movement, and dramatic play while learning to design age-appropriate activities that integrate creative exploration into early learning environments. The course also addresses the developmental benefits of artistic experiences, strategies for creating inclusive and supportive artistic spaces, and methods for observing and documenting childrens creative growth.
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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) The arts help children develop emotionally by:
A)developing their skills using the arts elements.
B)giving them opportunities to talk with each other.
C)providing a way to express deep feelings.
D)allowing them to manipulate art tools with their hands.
Answer: C
Q2) What are the three curricula strands for exemplary arts education as identified by the Task Force on Children's Learning and the Arts?
A)(1) Children should be free to do what they want; (2) The activities should be fun; (3)
There should be ample materials
B)(1) Children should be carefully guided; (2) Children should become experts in one of the arts; (3) There should be plenty of space
C)(1) Children should be carefully guided; (2) The activities should be step-by-step; (3) There should be ample materials
D)(1) Children must be active participants; (2) There should be ample materials; (3) Techniques and skills for each of the arts must be taught
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Nurturing Creativity
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Q1) List the factors you would consider in selecting a creative arts activity for young children.
Answer: 1.Children can explore on their own.
2.Children go at their own pace.
3.Children are able to figure out their own ways to do things.
4.There are many possible ways to do this activity.
5.No specific end product is expected.
6.It is challenging and provides emergent problems to solve.
7.It is open-ended, having no right or wrong responses.
8.It allows children to use their imaginations and have fun.
Q2) If it is necessary to interrupt children who are immersed in an art activity, a teacher should do all the following EXCEPT:
A)make eye contact.
B)speak gently.
C)tell children they have worked long enough.
D)offer assurance that the work can be finished later.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Artistic Development
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Q1) Which of the following is a developmental characteristic of toddlers?
A)They know many songs by heart.
B)They can concentrate on something for more than an hour.
C)They use invented spelling.
D)They engage in parallel play.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following can be used for assessing not only the children's progress in the arts, but also the teacher's effectiveness?
A)checklists recording the number of times children chose to create in the arts area
B)photograph of children's work
C)portfolios of children's artwork
D)all of the above
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following will influence a child's artistic performance?
A)experiencing a hurricane
B)the child's home culture
C)previous arts experiences
D)all of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Awakening the Senses
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Q1) looking through prisms
A)visual perception
B)tactile perception
C)auditory perception
D)taste perception
E)olfactory perception
Q2) Which of the following would be an effective way to present a conch shell as a sensory experience?
A)Put the shell in the corner on a bookshelf.
B)Read a description from a book.
C)Show a picture of the shell.
D)Put the shell on a table near the doorway.
Q3) 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.
Q4) Explain why sensory perception activities are important for children of all ages.
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Chapter 5: Coming Together Through the Arts
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Q1) Matthew is a child with attention deficit disorder who is easily distracted.His teacher wants him to spend more time in the music area.What strategy could she use?
A)Separate the music center from the other ones with shelves and curtains.
B)Make sure there are several children in the center with him.
C)Place a large assortment of musical instruments in the center.
D)Set a timer and tell him he can't leave until it rings.
Q2) You overhear two boys talking.One child says, "Don't touch me.Your skin is a dirty color." How do you respond to this situation?
A)Scold the speaker and then talk to his parents.
B)Apologize to the offended child, and move him to another place.Have the first child make a gift for the other child.
C)Have the two children paint, and then when they are washing up, point out that the skin color doesn't wash off to demonstrate that his hands are not dirty.
D)Tell the speaker that was a hurtful thing to say.Explain that there are many different colors of skin.Ask him why he said it, then plan an art activity about skin color for the whole group.
Q3) 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) Angela works at a day care center.She wants to introduce arts materials and settings that will help establish routine and order.She should:
A)make sure arts materials are never taken from their designated areas.
B)keep sharp tools on the teacher's desk and tell children not to touch them.
C)have children practice the correct way to use arts supplies and materials.
D)present all the musical instruments at one time.
Q2) Stephanie is planning the activity areas for her preschool classroom.She should keep in mind that:
A)preschoolers need the same kinds of spaces that primary school children do.
B)children with special needs must be able to fully participate in the activities.
C)families needn't be considered when designing learning environments.
D)preschoolers need more personalized spaces than older children.
Q3) Why is it a good idea to separate or differentiate art and food activities? Give an example of one way to do this.
Q4) Create a checklist of at least eight reflective questions for assessing the social-emotional and physical qualities of an environment for young children.
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Chapter 7: Introducing the Worlds Arts
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Q1) When everyone in a group shares the same cultural aesthetic, this means that they:
A)all dance in the same way.
B)have the same ideas about beauty and style.
C)have a limited view of the arts.
D)value the arts.
Q2) 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.
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) What criteria should be used to select works of art to present to young children?
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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) Which of the following activities takes place in the second phase of the project approach?
A)Children go on field trips.
B)Children are invited to bring things from home.
C)Children share stories.
D)Children invite parents to see what they are doing.
Q3) How can mobile devices be used to facilitate assessing project work and integrated units?
A)They can be used to get help for a child who is not doing well.
B)The children can take their own photos and make recordings of what they think is important.
C)The children can play games on them when they finish their work.
D)The teacher can download fun games for the children to play when they are done with their work.
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Chapter 9: Creating Visual Art
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Q1) kindergarten
A)making a pottery clay coiled pot or animal
B)painting with water and large paint brushes outside
C)drawing from a still life
D)draw using zip-closure plastic bags full of hair gel
E)using eye droppers to drip paint
Q2) primary
A)making a pottery clay coiled pot or animal
B)painting with water and large paint brushes outside
C)drawing from a still life
D)draw using zip-closure plastic bags full of hair gel
E)using eye droppers to drip paint
Q3) Which of the following types of drawing materials are appropriate for infants and toddlers?
A)artist's pastels
B)scented oil-based ink markers
C)fluorescent and multicolored crayons
D)colored chalk
Q4) List the three Common Core anchor standards for the visual arts and suggest a visual arts activity for each.
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Chapter 10: Making Music
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Q1) One of Sally's preschoolers brings a stink bug to school.She wants to integrate the arts by singing a song about stink bugs, but she doesn't know any by heart.She should:
A)search the Internet and library for a stink bug song.
B)forget about singing and ask the children to draw stink bugs instead.
C)ask the parents if they know any stink bug songs from their cultural background.
D)make up a stink bug song by having the children invent new words to a song they know.
Q2) Jenna wants to know how many children in her first grade can sing on pitch.What is the best way for her to assess this?
A)When the children sing together, listen for the ones who sing off-key.
B)Sing together with each child individually and listen for pitch matching.
C)Have a child sing with a recording of the song.
D)Ask the child's parents if they hear the child staying on pitch.
Q3) Explain how music helps children develop physically, socially, cognitively, linguistically, and emotionally.
Q4) List the three national Common Core music standards and give an example of an activity that would address each one.
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Chapter 11: Moving Creatively
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Q1) Describe the three core processes of dance and give an example of an open-ended creative movement or dance activity that addresses each one.
Q2) Six-year-old Fila can skip on her tiptoes.During an activity when the group is pretending to be butterflies, the teacher notices that she is both skipping on her toes and waving her arms like wings.What assessment should the teacher make of her skipping?
A)She is at the level of control in skipping.
B)She is at the level of precontrol in skipping.
C)She is at the level of utilization in skipping.
D)She is at the level of proficiency in skipping.
Q3) Which of the following movement starters is the best way to introduce preschoolers and older children to expressive creative movement activities?
A)"Fly like a bird."
B)"How do you think a bird would fly?"
C)"Use your arms for the wings."
D)"Flap your bird wings like this."
Q4) Explain how to plan a creative movement activity.
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Chapter 12: Nurturing the Imagination
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Q1) Having children watch a dance performance on video and then asking them to draw a picture showing themselves as one of the dancers is an example of which Common Core process?
A)creating
B)responding
C)connecting
D)performing
Q2) Young children should attend theater productions aimed at children because they:
A)do not know enough to understand adult performances.
B)will learn how to behave as an audience.
C)will like being the center of attention.
D)will see what they need to do to be better actors.
Q3) How does children's pretend play help them develop physically, socially, cognitively, linguistically, and emotionally?
Q4) How are theater performances and children's dramatic play similar?
Q5) Which of the following are structural components of narrative drama?
A)character, setting, and conflict
B)theme, setting, and role play
C)plot, conflict, and pantomime
D)verbalization, props, and mind pictures
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