ACTIVITIES AND MATERIALS TO ENCOURAGE AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SONGS AND POETRY

Prepared By: Chua Swee Woon Lian Li Fang Anis Amalina

Concept of Aesthetic Development

An appreciation and feeling of wonder for things relating to eauty! "#ploring imaginations and senses!

A basic human response to life

A non-discursive and metaphorical way of knowing and experiencing

 Is an awareness and appreciation of the natural beauty found in art, literature, movement music and life

Involves the love and pursuit of beauty as found in art, movement, music and life

Involves being connected to ones experiences (present in the moment, mindful)

 eans being a beholder of beauty and savoring beautiful things in the world around us

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Children integrate the arts! Children&s natural influence' study of o %ects and resources are related with their aesthetic appreciation!

!hy Aesthetic development is important in teaching songs and poetry

"# $elps develop the whole child %# $elps children value literature and literature experiences &# $elps children appreciate the beauty of the world around them# '# Appreciation of the rhythm of songs and poetry

(hree dimensions of Aesthetic development

Attitude) A sense of *oy, wonder, marvel, excitement +ocus on the here and now ,eing childlike

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0rocess3experience Active participation in life -xamining carefully +ully attention

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Art appreciation can occur through the combined experiences of: Learning to look at songs and poetry Learning to create songs and poetry Learning to think about literature through question resolution# Discussions about song and poetry should be linked with childs natural interests and their level of understanding. Literature appreciation should also be linked with the resources in childrens everyday life.

.ow to encourage aesthetic development/

Create activities that promote opportunities to freely e#press children&s attitudes' feelings and ideas on art! Create activities that are free from %udgement and competition! Conduct activities that stimulate awareness and interest!

Selecting and creating activities and materials

Considerations: Can the children e#perience the activity that is more than one sense/ Can they interact with the activity/ Are they interested with the activity/ *s the activity organi0ed well/

While selecting and creating: 1se materials that the children can e#plore2e#periment with their sense 1se materials that the children can manipulate and can e used in different ways

Some 3uidelines For Choosing 4aterials With 3ood Aesthetic Potential! "# %# &# '# 4# 5# /hoose materials that children can explore with their senses (touch, sight, smell)# /hoose materials that children can manipulate (twist, bend, cut, color, mark)# /hoose materials that can be used in different ways (thrown, bounced, built with, fastened, shaped)# /hildren en*oy finding materials because it suggests exploration and discovery# /hildren develop aesthetic skills in sensing and exhibiting by helping build a beauty corner# 2lder children en*oy the same experience of collecting materials, but can go further into associating materials with the elements of art#

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6; ,he teacher will ma<es several common face! "!g: Starts with angry' followed y sad' then end with smile! =; ,his aims to catch the attention of the pupils' thus gain their interest to proceed with the learning process! >; ,hen' as< the pupils if they have any idea a out what you did efore!

?; Starts to e#plain a out facial e#pression and how it differs from one to another and what is the purpose! @; 1se several pictures that show facial e#pression! A; As< your pupils to ma<e some facial e#pression that they love!

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B; Divide your pupils into several groups Cnum er of groups and mem ers of each group depend on the num er of pupils of that class!; D;,hen' each of them in that group must com ine one ad%ective word with their facial e#pression! "!g: Beautiful Csmile face Ewithout saying it;! Scary Cangry face Ewithout saying it; F; Com ine it to ma<e a poem! $ne poem for each group! Present it to the class!

.ow it suits the aesthetic development/

Aesthetic is appreciation of eauty! By conducting this type of activity' pupils will learn: a; .ow to e#press themselves more vividly! ; Learn to com ine words and turn them into piece of art! "!g: poem! c; ,heir interaction among each other increase since they wor< as a group and cooperation is needed!

 Learning a out ourselves is a eauty itself! *t will help them to appreciate themselves more as they <now themselves more!

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6! ,eacher will as< pupils' 7what they <now a out nature/: =! ,eacher then e#plain the correct meaning of it to the pupils and also the e#amples for their etter understanding! >! Divide pupils into pair and distri ute the picture cards! "!g: tree' flower' cat' dog etc! ?! "ach pair has to create a simple poem ased on the picture of that card!

"!g: * have cat' *ts colour is rown' Love to sits under my hat *ts name is Clown!

She is right li<e a sunshine' Beautiful li<e a flower' Cheerful li<e a irdies sing a happy song'

.ow it suits the aesthetic development/

Pupils are given the freedom of e#pressing themselves through a simple free verse poem! *t will give them an e#perience in creating their own poem! .elp them in ma<ing connections etween the eauty of the nature and e#press it into poem! Be fle#i le and let them choose how they want their poem to e!