It is about more than childhood enrichment—the role of art education in developing the self-worth and life skills that benefit children in working with real-world issues. Through art, children will learn to convey their feelings and ideas while developing future-success traits.
There are innumerable reasons art education is advantageous. It instills in children self-esteem and pride, promotes patience and perseverance, reinforces life skills such as problem-solving, teamwork, and communication, sharpens one’s ability to judge, and even increases the academic potential of these children: the capacity of their thought, the functioning of their hands with their eyes, and their spatial awareness.
Why Self-Esteem is Important
Leave aside any second thoughts: self-esteem is the basis of healthy living for any child. Dorothy Briggs says, “…self-esteem is the main force that drives every child into becoming either a successful human being or an unsuccessful one.”
Our choice of lifestyle is shaped by self-esteem. It helps in deciding with whom we associate, how we project and relate, and sometimes even how we feel about ourselves. With self-esteem, children can cultivate a belief in themselves and an intrinsic motivation to engage in the challenges that confront them, thereby bearing positive implications for their academic performance and the absorption of knowledge.
Pride And Confidence Through Arts Education
Arts pride and identity in children. Painter or actor, a child considers every little success as something done. For a moment, after completing anything, children get the feeling of doing something grand and worthy.
Thus, it instills life-honing qualities within patience and hard work amongst children along with learning, especially on skills in problem-solving, teamwork, and communication.
Teaching the Skills of Life
Children acquire creative arts in music, dance, acting, painting, and other activities, but they also must possess those life skills the same way.
Critical thinking, problem-solving, hand-eye coordination, spatial recognition, and communication skills become a part of children’s learning through art. For this reason, the latter creates realization among children on how to work with others and what it means to share, both vital lessons in life.
Arts education builds social ties for children while promoting psychological qualities of development. Team learning by children incorporates aspects of negotiation, compromise, and empathy potentials for one another.
Enhanced Academic Achievement
Children’s opportunities for advancement are often made through arts education, as are seals in academic success. Learning in theater, music, and dance equips children with skills for concentration, the ability to hold larger amounts of memory, and the enhancement of learning.
For instance, preparing a play gets children to focus and exercise discipline in memorizing their words. This ability to concentrate and apply discipline proves helpful in subjects such as mathematics, science, and many others. Attaining success in the arts builds a child’s self-confidence, transferring into his success in academics.
Boosts Cognitive Development and Mathematics
Pupils who join music studies will have an easier time comprehending the concepts of mathematics. Listening to and decoding music asks for the concert of both brain hemispheres, boosting cognitive development.
Playing musical instruments will make students more capable of answering complex mathematics assignments. It emphasizes the argument that art supports creativity as well as logical and mathematical advancement in the life of a child.
Developing Self-Expression
Art education allows children to express new and different thoughts and emotions. As the child produces art, they are then more inspired to be involved with classroom tasks in regards to their expression.
It enables children to say what excites them, directs their ideas, and interests to the world through spreading awareness. This is also an opportunity for their personality development and inculcation of self-reliance.
Fostering Empathy and Understanding
There is a great deficiency today in the area of empathy, compassion, and understanding in everybody. These values are generally taught from childhood but can be truly expanded upon through exposure to performance arts or fine arts. Establish an emotional connection to art.
Parents are exposed to different lifestyles and cultural experiences through arts such as music, dance, theatre, and drawing. In this way, the child gets the experience of bringing empathy and understanding as well as cooperation and unity into the broader society.
When Arts Education Begins
At American Heritage Schools, we believe that the arts contribute enormously to the general education of students. Being involved in music, drama, dance, and visual arts builds students’ self-esteem and confidence.
Fine Arts majors provide myriad options for the students in their education:
- Visual Arts: Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Printmaking, Digital Art
- Strings Program: Violin, Viola, Cello, etc.
- Band Programs: Brass, Jazz, Traditional
- Drama: Acting, Musical Theater, Dance
- Dance Programs: Beginner to Advanced
- Piano and Guitar: Beginning to Advanced
High school pre-professional programs include Pre-Law, Pre-Med, Pre-Engineering, Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering, Business & Entrepreneurship.
American Heritage Schools – Innovation in Education
American Heritage Schools is an innovative leader in private education, unique in academic excellence and college preparation. We have two 40-acre campuses in Broward County and Palm Beach County, Florida. We serve students from Pre-K3 through 12th grade.
Since 1965, we have been committed to the mission of developing every child to their full potential to become active, intelligent, creative, and contributing members of society.
For more information or a campus tour, contact an Admissions Director.
Conclusion
Arts education is an essential part of children’s development. It not only enhances their self-esteem and creativity, but also provides them with essential life skills. Through music, drama, dance, and painting, children learn to express their emotions, develop social understanding, and excel in academic success.
Art education builds pride, confidence, and real-life skills in children, helping them become active and capable citizens in society.
