ECE 150 Creative Activities for Children

Introduce students to creative activities suitable for preschool children: art, children's literature and storytelling, music, games, finger-plays, dramatic play, dance, blocks, and cooking. Development of the student's creative imagination will be stressed.

Credits

3

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Choose developmentally appropriate ways to foster creative expression, including the concept of aesthetics, for preschool age children
2. Identify and demonstrate creative expression through art for early childhood
3. Identify and practice developmentally appropriate ways to promote early literacy
4. Identify and demonstrate creative expression through music, movement and games
5. Identify and demonstrate creative expression through dramatic play, blocks and cooking activities