The Arts Meet the Language Arts in Kindergarten: A Photo Essay

The Arts Meet the Language Arts in Kindergarten: A Photo Essay

The arts and language arts are mutually supportive. Music is a natural form of listening to language; theater is the mechanism for performing language; and art is a way of visualizing language. The arts, rather than being a “frill” unrelated to literacy learning, are media of human innovation and co...

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Veröffentlicht in:Language arts 2001-07, Vol.78 (6), p.543-547
Hauptverfasser: STRECKER, SUSAN KEEHN, WELLS, JANE
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abstract art
Interpersonal communication
Kindergarten
Language
Language acquisition
Language arts
Language arts learning
Music
Performance art
Teachers
Teaching
Theater
Young Children
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Zusammenfassung:The arts and language arts are mutually supportive. Music is a natural form of listening to language; theater is the mechanism for performing language; and art is a way of visualizing language. The arts, rather than being a “frill” unrelated to literacy learning, are media of human innovation and conceptualization that offer alternative ways to construct meaning and to communicate ideas. As such, the arts can be a powerful avenue to the language arts for young children.
ISSN:0360-9170
1943-2402
DOI:10.58680/la2001196