Children are provided varied opportunities to gain an appreciation of
a. art (in ways that reflect cultural diversity),
b. music (in ways that reflect cultural diversity),
c. drama (in ways that reflect cultural diversity), and
d. dance (in ways that reflect cultural diversity).
The children in The Tree House are exposed to various genres of art, music, drama and dance in the classroom. We provide multicultural dress and dolls for pretend/dramatic play, ethnic music and stories that represent other cultures.
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| a. The created used various materials (feather, pom poms, yarn) to create masks for Mardi Gras |
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| a. "People Crayons" are available in the class room to enable children a concrete reference of how the color of people's skin can be different. |
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| (b) The children learn to play Scrapers, a Latin American Percussion Instrument |
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| (c) Judy, the interactive storyteller, tells the West African stories of Anansi the Spider |
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| c. Doll familes that represesnt different cultures and backgrounds |
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| d. a CD of Folk Dances from varying cultures |
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| d. A Russian folk dance taught to us during Music by one of our staff members who is Russian. |
2.J.04
Children are provided varied opportunities to learn new concepts and vocabulary related to
a. art
b. music
c. drama, and
d. dance
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| a. poisonous frog scupltures using brightly colored clay |
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| a. winter paitings with cray-pas and watercolors |
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| a. a spring mural |
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| b. Some music student come to share their wind instruments with us. |
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| b. Learning about the black and white keys on a piano through an abstract mural |
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| b. experimenting with different kinds of drums and rhythms |
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| c. pretending to play a violin |
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| c. exploring the props from our most recent story with Judy our Storyteller |
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| d. doing the butterfly, the bicycle, balancing, making a bridge, marching, and squatting - during a dance class |
2.J.05
Children are provided varied opportunities to develop and widen their repertoire of skills that support artistic expression (e.g., cutting, gluing, and caring for tools).
The Children in the Tree House are given several opportunities throughout their day to develop the skills needed to support artistic expression. All supplies, such as paints, scissors, glue bottles are clearly labeled and accessible for children to use when needed. Activities that support artistic expression are planned within the routine as well as encouraged for spontaneous creation. The children are responsible for all tools used throughout their day and they help to keep their space clean and neat.
2.J.06
Children are provided many and varied open-ended opportunities and materials to express themselves creatively through
a. music
b.drama
c.dance and
d. two- and three-dimensional art.
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| a. an impromptu concert during choice time |
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| a. making choices way to use our rhythm sticks |
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| b. our original class play about trees |
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| b. the dramatic play area |
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| c. dinosaur dancing |
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| c. Dance Party! |
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| d. Children in the Tree House have daily oppurtunties built into each day to freely explore various kinds of art materials |
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| d. experimenting with yarn and dye |
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| d. paper mache |
2.J.07
Children have opportunities to respond to the art of
a. other children and
b. adults.
Children, on a daily basis, respond to the drawings, paintings and sculpture of their peers. Commenting on artwork in a positive manner is modeled extensively by the adults in the classroom and the children are influenced by their teachers actions and words.
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| (a) teachers model how to respond to peers artwork by pointing out art concepts: shape, design, color |
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| (b) Comparing the illustrations of two of our favorite authors/illustrations: Jan Brett and Eric Carl |
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| (b) noticing differences in detail and color |
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| (a) Children comment on each others' artwork as it occurs |
