Creative Arts for Early Childhood Syllabus for 2013-2014
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Course

CDEC-1358-001 Creative Arts for Early Childhood

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Course Description

An exploration of principles, methods and materials for teaching young children music, movement, visual arts and dramatic play through process-oriented experiences to support divergent thinking.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

Hybrid

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Creative Activities for Young Children bundled with access code (These can be purchased at the AC West Campus Bookstore)

Edition:  Eleventh

Author:  Mary Mayesky

Copyright:  2015

Publisher:  Wadsworth, Cengage Learning

Supplies

\ Various art supplies may be needed for activities required to complete the course.

Student Performance

\ 1. Define the creative process.
\ 2. Describe the role of play in a childs growth and developemnt.
\ 3. Describe developmental sequences for creative arts.
\ 4. Analyze teacher roles in enhancing creativity.
\ 5. Describe concepts taught through the creative arts.
\ 6. Describe components of creative environments.
\ 7. Plan, implement and assess child-centerd activities for music, movement, visual arts and dramatic play.

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In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

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Expected Student Behavior

Students are expected to follow all policies and procedures of Amarillo College.

Grading Criteria

A maximum of 600 points will be possible.

Grade point distribution:

Exams = 300 points

Art Activity = 100 points

Music or Dramatic Play Activity = 100 points

Multiple Intelligences Survey and Discussion = 50 points

WEB Sites = 50 points

Final Grades:

540 - 600 = A

480 - 539 = B

420 - 479 = C

360 - 419 = D

Below 360 = F

 

Attendance

\ This is a hybrid class.  It will be a combination of face-to-face and online classes.  The number of face-to-face classes will be determined at the first class meeting.

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Additional Information

This course is an interactive class, where students will have the opportunity to share and experience developmentally appropriate, hands-on creative activities.  Students will demonstrate one art activity and one music or dramatic play activity with the class.

Multiple Intelligences Survey

For Week 1, students will complete an online Multiple Intelligences Survey at:

http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html  

After completing the survey and obtaining the results, students will discuss the results with the rest of the class.

Art Activity

This is an individual activity.  You will create a developmentally appropriate art activity for young children.  You will complete a lesson plan for the activity selected and then "teach" the activity to the class.  You will be required to bring enough materials for each person in the class to participate in the activity.   More instructions for this activity will be given during class.

Music or Dramatic Play Activity

This is an individual project.  In this project, you will develop an appropriate music or dramatic play activity and complete a lesson plan for that activity.  Then, you will "teach" the activity to the class.   You will be required to bring enough materials for each person in the class to participate in the activity.   More instructions for this activity will be given during class.

EXAMS

There will be three exams given during this course.  Each exam will be worth 100 points and may include multiple choice, T/F, short answer, matching, fill-in-the-blank.  All exams will be taken online and must be submitted on time.  If you miss an exam, please contact the instructor as soon as possible, so arrangements may be made.