Teaching Art in Early Childhood Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course explores the foundational principles and practical strategies for teaching art to young children, emphasizing the importance of creative expression in early development. Students will investigate age-appropriate art materials, activities, and techniques designed to nurture imagination, sensory exploration, fine motor skills, and cognitive growth. The course also examines theories of artistic development, cultural influences in art, and methods for integrating art into the broader early childhood curriculum, while fostering an inclusive and supportive environment that encourages each childs individuality and creativity.
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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) Describe how the arts help children develop physically, socially, emotionally, cognitively, linguistically, and creatively.
Answer: Physically: The arts improve control over large and small muscles and increase hand- eye coordination.
Socially: The arts provide opportunities for children to work cooperatively with others, share space and supplies, and communicate ideas and feelings.
Emotionally: The arts help children relax, experience pleasure, and gain self- confidence.
Cognitively: The arts help children develop better thinking skills as they make decisions, formulate plans, solve problems, use logic, and learn from mistakes made in an accepting context.
Linguistically: The arts are a way preliterate children can learn to use symbols for communicating ideas and feelings.
Creatively: The arts allow children to experiment and solve problems in their own unique ways.
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Chapter 2: Nurturing Creativity
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Q1) Which of the following is the most appropriate thing to say to a child about his painting?
A)"I like how you used all this green!"
B)"All this green makes me feel upset!"
C)"That's the best painting you ever made!"
D)"You used so many different greens in this painting!"
Answer: D
Q2) During the incubation stage, the child may:
A)talk to other children.
B)walk away from the project.
C)give up on the project.
D)stare off into space.
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is a characteristic of a creative work?
A)It is a traditional design.
B)It is similar to other works.
C)It serves a need or solves a problem.
D)It is created by someone with talent.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Artistic Development
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Q1) 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
Q2) All the following provide a systematic way of observing a child's growth in the arts EXCEPT:
A)keeping a checklist of the number of times the child chooses to create something.
B)making a portfolio of the child's work.
C)taking photographs of the child creating in the arts once a month.
D)jotting down brief notes when the child does something special.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Awakening the Senses
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Q1) What would be a good way to help hearing-impaired children become aware of rhythms?
A)Let them watch other children play the drums.
B)Let them play a drum by themselves.
C)Let them touch a drum while it is being played.
D)Move their arms to the music.
Q2) Which of the following sensory activities is most appropriate for children with limited vision?
A)exploring objects that reflect light
B)exploring objects of different weights
C)exploring objects as they move back and forth
D)exploring two-dimensional objects
Q3) Harriet, a preschool teacher, sets up a table with a variety of fruits for the children to smell and taste.Activities like these help children improve what sense?
A)tactile
B)auditory
C)visual
D)gustatory
Q4) Explain why using certain foods as sensory objects may offend some parents.
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Chapter 5: Coming Together Through the Arts
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Describe a group arts activity to follow up each of these experiences:
1.Blowing bubbles
2.Watching clouds
3.Walking in the rain
Q3) Helen wants to celebrate Thanksgiving with her kindergarteners.Which of the following should she do to fight prevailing stereotypes?
A)Put pilgrim and Indian costumes in the dress-up corner.
B)Have children trace their hands to make a hand turkey to decorate.
C)Put on a play about the landing of the Mayflower.
D)Invite parents to come in and tell stories about something they are thankful for.
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) Do you think food products should be used as materials in arts activities? State your opinion and then give at least three reasons in support of your position.
Q3) Serena holds up a drawing with no name on it and asks the children, "Whose is this?" What would have been a more respectful thing to do with the artwork?
A)Hang it up and label it as anonymous.
B)Discard it in the class recycling bin in front of the children.
C)Discard it in the recycling bin after the children leave.
D)Put the drawing in the reuse tray so someone else can draw on the back.
Q4) Give three examples of how the arts can be integrated into other learning areas through careful planning of the environment.
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Chapter 7: Introducing the Worlds Arts
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Q1) Which of the following would you consider good advice for helping infants respond to artwork and performances?
A)Keep the infant a distance away so as not to overexcite him or her.
B)Point out specific things about the work no more than once so as not to tire the infant.
C)Wait for the infant to respond and then imitate the response.
D)Avoid using arts terms and descriptions as they are too difficult for a young child to understand.
Q2) A teacher hangs up three paintings by famous artists.Her first-graders gather around the one with the most colors and ignore the other two.Based on this, she decides that her students:
A)are attracted to colors, like most young children.
B)have very unique preferences for art.
C)don't know much about the arts.
D)need to look at more paintings.
Q3) What criteria should be used to select works of art to present to young children?
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) Chloe, a first-grade teacher, is teaching her students to play the recorder.They practice every day.This is an example of:
A)teaching about the arts.
B)connecting the arts.
C)learning through the arts.
D)emergent curriculum.
Q2) Which of the following would be a good open-ended question for an integrated learning unit?
A)How big do pigs get?
B)Where do we live?
C)How fast can cheetahs run?
D)Where is the nearest mountain range?
Q3) Several parents ask Gail to explain why she uses the project approach.What should she say to them?
A)"It helps children become more accountable for their own learning."
B)"It requires children to select work that is a few notches higher than their skill level."
C)"It helps children learn by separating academics and play."
D)"Children get to study the information the teacher teaches them."
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Chapter 9: Creating Visual Art
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Q1) Margaret has her class sing the song game "In and Out of the Windows." She follows this activity by teaching the children how to weave using thick yarn and a piece of cardboard.This is an example of:
A)using the Common Core math standards.
B)integrated arts activities.
C)a responsive arts activity.
D)a fiber art activity.
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) Young children should play with blocks because it:
A)improves their ability to see in two dimensions.
B)introduces the children to architectural concepts.
C)is enjoyable and fun.
D)is part of all early childhood programs.
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) The Forest Road Day School offers piano and violin lessons starting in kindergarten.Why should parents encourage their children to learn an instrument at this young age?
A)Studying a musical instrument before age eight fosters brain development.
B)After age ten, it is difficult to learn to read music.
C)The ability to learn to play an instrument decreases after age six.
D)The children will be more interested in learning at that age.
Q2) Which of the following music activities address the kindergarten music Common Core standard for responding?
A)Offer a variety of music styles to choose from at the listening center.
B)Put out tonal instruments in the music center for the children to explore and make up songs on.
C)Ask children to sing a song they like and record it.
D)Put on Saint-Saëns's The Swan and ask the children to pretend they are swans gliding on a lake.
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
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Chapter 11: Moving Creatively
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Q1) Three-year-old Silas can lift and lower his leg repeatedly.But when he tries to shake a maraca at the same time, he forgets to move his leg.Which of the following levels of proficiency is he exhibiting?
A)control
B)precontrol
C)utilization
D)proficiency
Q2) Which of the following will welcome in the community and also encourage students to express themselves through dance?
A)Make boy-girl pairs and teach them a traditional dance from their community.
B)Have children perform a dance from their community in front of an audience.
C)Have children invent their own way of dancing to the music of their community.
D)Make marks on the floor where the children should put their feet to help them learn a community dance.
Q3) Explain how to plan a creative movement activity.
Q4) Describe the differences among the four levels of control-precontrol, control, utilization, and proficiency.
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Chapter 12: Nurturing the Imagination
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Q1) Which of the following activities facilitate language and social development in children using pantomime?
A)pretending to be robots
B)pretending to be popping corn
C)sending messages to one another using gestures
D)taking an ordinary object and pantomiming using it in an unusual way
Q2) How does children's pretend play help them develop physically, socially, cognitively, linguistically, and emotionally?
Q3) 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
Q4) What is the purpose of a persona doll?
A)They allow children to play with dolls with different colored skin.
B)They foster discussion of social issues.
C)They make reading books more exciting and meaningful.
D)They add reality to the puppets used at the puppet center.
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