Preoperational Stage

I watched the third video, which has to do with the preoperational stage. In the video the lady asks the little girl a series of questions related to the quantity and arrangement of certain objects. The first set of questions she asked had to do with two glasses. Both the glasses had the same amount of liquid in them. Then she poured the liquid from one glass into a taller shaped glass. She than asked the little girl which glass had more liquid in it and the little girl said the taller one did. Next, she placed five quarters in two rows. The little girl agreed they both had an equal amount, but after the lady spread out one row of quarters, but not changing the quantity the little girl thought the row of quarters which were more spread out

Understanding conservation means understanding that the amount of a substance is conserved even if its shape changes. Piaget said children began to understand this around age 6 and 7. “According to Piaget, until children grasp the concept of conservation at about age 6 or 7, they cannot understand that the transformations shown here do not change the total amount..” (Berger, 2009, p. 251) This next experiment is done to demonstrate understanding or lack of

Most of the activities we will present in this chapter will either mimic relief printing in some way or allow children to make their mark/print using recycled materials. Every activity will allow children to interact with several different art concepts simultaneously, strengthen their motor skills, and allow them to exercise their unique language of thought. Process focused art

Creative arts are an essential area of development for young children in their early years of schooling. When young children are engaged in arts activities they can use their senses to explore the world around them (Garvis, 2012). The practice of creative arts in the classroom is generally related to the teacher’s philosophy of arts education as well as the amount of arts education children are involved in during their formal schooling. Creative arts can also be a useful form of communication, particularly when words are either inadequate or unavailable to children (Garvis, 2012).

Arts are always related to the easiest and less important part of the children learning areas, just because It won’t help to develop any important skill for the near future. But more than a beautiful picture, full of details and colorful, children are acquiring better benefits developmentally talking. Children like exploring, discovering and also have a natural curiosity that make them figure out how the world works and also obtain new knowledge of their immediate environment. (Michigan State University, 2015) Regards to this, Arts provide the flexibility and freedom to create and manipulate different materials, in a natural approach that allows experimentation which is not only enjoyable

The concrete operations stage suggests that it is necessary for a childto interact with actual objects, and be afforded the opportunity to really examine their ownconcepts in a manner which allows them the means to convey their ideas to others (Peck, 2000).In other words, during the concrete operations stage, kids require hands on experience withobjects, and the time to work through their thoughts regarding their experience. This will betterprepare them to discuss their experience and properly convey their thoughts, as well ascomprehend the lesson which is being taught.The theory of concrete operations will properly inform me of appropriate developmentalexpectations for the children. I will have a better understanding of how a child thinks, and theirgrasp of logic during this stage. It will also provide me with knowledge which allows me to offersupport in this area of development. Employing the concepts of this theory will enable me t teach in a manner which encourages children to speculate more effectively, and ask moreinvestigative questions. This method will allow the child to reach their own conclusions, andreduce the amount of guess work, as well as improve their levels of achievement and self-confidence (Peck,

On top of many things art provides, starting and assisting the development of the brain for young kids is one of the best things art can do. There are a plethora of options and forms of creating art that encourage the expansion of standard skills that are mandatory for life. An article written by Grace Hwang Lynch for Public Broadcasting Service titled "The Importance of Art in Child Development" lists many skills that directly influence child maturity. Motor skills, language development, inventiveness, cultural awareness, and improved academic performance are all highlighted in the article as to what children learn when they are in the process of creating art (Lynch). "When children are in the process of creating art, they think about what colors to use […] shapes to make […] other thought processes as well as movement [like] painting, sculpting clay, and coloring [which] allows for decision making, focus, dedication, motor skills, and other important milestones.

My own class observation was for my 1st grade class. The art specialist was Benjamin Bragonier and lasted for one hour and thirty minutes. He was teaching the art lesson drawing with shapes (circles). The kids were instructed to make circles by just cutting corners only. They were also instructed to make circles by using black tip marker and going around and around until they got a good circle. The circles were matted onto tag board and circular designs were place into the bigger circles made by the students. The way that Mr. Bragonier showed the students the steps to the art lesson were truly impressive. He would give the students the direction for the first portion of the lesson at the carpet area and have them go back to their seats and

Manipulation: Children handle, examine, combine, and transform materials and ideas. They make discoveries through direct hands-on and “minds-on” contact with these resources.

According to Piaget’s theory, conservation tasks highlight the lack of concrete operations or “mental representations of actions that obey logical rules” (Berk, 2005, p. 319). Conservation is one of many other tasks that a child in the preoperational stage of development is unable to master. When children enter the concrete operational stage, around ages 7 to 11, they are able to conserve because they have learned to decenter their attention and have mastered other types of operations that allow them think more logically.In

The concrete operational stage: At this level of human development, children between the ages of seven to eleven focus on things that why and how they happen. Children first see connections around their surroundings, and can attach two and more symbols to an object or event (Macionis, 2009). Children age of seven or eight years, develop conservation of substance that they will know if we take a ball of clay and make it rolled rod or flat which is still the same amount of clay. By age of nine and ten, children can master conservation of area or conservation of mass. Children during this stage can be ready for formal education as well (Boeree, 2006).

Preoperational Stage is the period when the child develop one’s memory, language and imagination. It becomes easier for them to recognize the contrast between the events that happened in past, as a result, they more clearly understand the term of future. However, the way, in which the

James O’Brien once stated, “It is art that makes us more away of the human condition… its destiny and progress.” While reading through chapter 3 in Integrating the Arts Across the Elementary School Curriculum by R. Phyllis Gelineau I found out multiple forms of art and got a better understanding of what the purpose of the forms are. As well as getting that understanding, they gave multiple projects that fit in all the different categories. As a teacher bringing the arts into the curriculum is one of the most important things to achieve. Art allows students to get a better understanding of the topic you are teaching, as well as allows the students to express their creative side and maybe find their true talents.

The preoperational stage begins at around two years old and ends around seven years old. During this stage, children can think symbolically. They have the ability to see relationships between words, numbers, signs, and

A teacher could either practice a art , hobby or craft or encourage visiting experts to share their pursuits with the children. Like any other area it needs to presented as a practical pursuit and have its bases and function in the real world context the children find themselves in.