Arts-Young Children and the Arts [Bound Material]

Neera The Arts Education Partnership, a national non-profit organization supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, has released a report entitled "Young Children and the Arts: Making Creative Connections." This report illustrates the important role that the arts play in in helping young children learn and develop. It provides guiding principles and recommendations to organizations to support the development of arts-based early childhood programs and resources. It is the only report currently available that provides a set of principles and actions that child care providers and educators can take to improve or develop programs for young children in the arts. The report is the result of a series of meetings conducted by members of the Partnership's Task Force on Children's Learning and the Arts: Birth to Age Eight including representatives from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Association of Elementary School Principals, the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning in the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Head Start/Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Education. The report is available from the Council of Chief State School Officers, and it is also available for printing from the Arts Education Partnership web site at http://aep-arts.org/tfadvoc/taskforces/ecreport.html A companion database of arts-based early childhood programs, resources and research has been developed that is currently available from the web site for the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning in the Arts, http://www.wolf-trap.org