Art has always been a Socio-Emotional Development throughout a child. It is shown that right for the start, young children feel a sense of emotional satisfaction when they are involved in making art, that can anywhere from modeling with clay, drawing with crayons, or even down to the simplest thing such as making a collage from recycled scraps. This fulfillment of an art project comes from the control they have over the materials they use and the ability to make their own decisions concerning the project. Also when it comes to doing large group artworks, it can teach children basic values and important social skills like taking turns, sharing, and negotiating for materials.
As the years went on, especially during the year of 1996, art programs that focused on younger kids have emerged and even improved drastically. Through art it was found out thatvchildren express their ideas through art, just as they do in writing. Art is a needed outlet for children whose vocabulary, written or verbal, may be limited or even not there at all. it also provides a foundation for children's later use of words to symbolize objects and actions in formal writing.
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This is not a specific artistic/cultural development, merely a discussion of art and children.
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