Art and Craft
Art enhances the development of a wide range of perceptual, physical, cognitive, language and social-emotional skills. Many early childhood programs focus exclusively on young children creating art. At Saigon Kids we also emphasise the importance of appreciating art. The arts also present opportunities to involve families and connect children to the artists, art venues and culture in their community. Our art curriculum breaks down into three main areas:
Visual Arts
Each week children are encouraged to spend extended periods of time exploring with art materials. They are not limited to creating with two dimensional media, such as paint, pastels, chalk etc, but also create with playdough, clay, wire, junk-modelling. The children are encouraged to progress at their own pace from random to deliberate marks, simple to elaborate forms. We use art activities are to promote and enhance children's learning in all areas for example drawing our favourite story character or paint stamping a sequence/pattern of pictures.
