原标题：海嘉课堂 | 幼儿教育中的创造性艺术思维培养 Creating More than Art in the ECC

幼儿艺术教育

教师的最高艺术，就是在创造性的表达和知识中唤醒快乐。

——爱因斯坦

海嘉

我们常常看到孩子快乐时，会自发地放声歌唱、尽情舞蹈、自由绘画、用诗一般的语言去描述他们所感知的世界，艺术对孩子来说，就像呼吸一样自然自由。而保持这种天赋就需要，一直葆有孩子般的童真内心以及培养并维持艺术创造力。

在海嘉，艺术教育从幼儿时期就开始进行培养，精心策划设计的艺术课程，发散幼儿的创造力，引领幼儿在认知、社交、情感等领域上的成长。在幼儿艺术教室，他们可以充分利用各类材料，发挥自己的想象力、创造力，去尽情表达自我的认知，享受创造的过程而不是结果。

享受课程中思绪飞扬的瞬间，享受每一次动手创作的时刻，今天，小编就带您走进幼儿园的美术课堂！

Dianne Elizabeth Boice

幼儿园美术老师

“在海嘉幼儿园，我喜欢帮助幼儿以他们独特的方式来创作，充分发挥每一个幼儿的创造力，充分发挥他们的发散性思维和动手能力。在海嘉幼儿园艺术课堂里，艺术创作从来不局限于绘画，更多的手作活动也被纳入其中，如黏贴画、黏土制作、剪纸、油墨画等等。在创作的时刻，我们注重培养幼儿解决问题、设计性思维和团队合作意识。

一名好的艺术家，一定也是一名好的观察者。在艺术课程中，孩子不仅是一个很好的观察者，通过视觉观察、触觉感知，去了解事物的特性，并通过手作的形式进行呈现。在创作的过程中，孩子们被鼓励做出选择、决定，去解决创作中出现的各类问题，并学会用自己的作品去呈现描述故事。

每一个孩子都是天生的艺术家，我很高兴，他们在这片天地中，尽情探索、成长！”

▲幼儿园学生艺术作品

每一年，海嘉都会选派不同的老师，前往世界各地进行学习、交流，并将前沿的教育理念带回学校，带领团队不断进步成长，夯实学校的学术基础。近期，Dianne老师前往新西兰参与了国际幼儿艺术协会的研讨会议。

“去新西兰参加国际幼儿艺术协会研讨会议是一次很好的机会，可以听取最新的研究成果，并收集想法来加强我的教学实践。幼儿就像游客一样，以天生的好奇心四处游荡，看，触摸，体验和玩耍，这就是他们学习的方式。为了满足孩子对于新事物的探索，我们设置了各类趣味性十足的活动。例如，把艺术教师变暗，利用手电筒寻找空洞；用显微镜和投影仪玩灯光，了解阴影、形状和颜色。在海嘉，我们汇聚一群不同文化背景的老师，文化交融的同时，我们将更多前沿、先进的教育理念带入课堂，给到孩子更好的启发。

参加这次会议，让我更深入地了解了游戏式教学的原理，以及如何改进我的艺术室和教学，尝试不断提升自我，以便最好地满足我们学生的需求，引领学生的成长。“

幼儿园各班《身处什么星空》主题作品

雅斯贝尔斯说：教育的本质意味着，一棵树摇动另一棵树，一朵云推动另一朵云，一个灵魂唤醒另一个灵魂。

海嘉不仅为学生们提供了成长的环境，同时也为教师的继续教育提供更广阔的平台，分享优质教育资源。每一年，我们都为不同的教师提供继续学习的机会。在海嘉，终生学习者不仅是对学生的期望，更是对每一位教师的要求。

海嘉学生的成长，来自于强大的师资团队。打造一支有心灵高度和专业高度的教师队伍，是海嘉不断努力的方向。作为一所有教育理想的学校，我们鼓励教师团队始终保持敬畏的正心诚意，把对理想的追求转变为一种天长地久的工作常态。 让孩子因为我们而幸福，让教育因为而美好！

Creating More than Art in the ECC

Art is an essential aspect of any early childhood program. A well-planned art curriculum promotes skills and growth across all developmental domains, including cognitive, social, emotional, and physical domains. Young children are very creative, and enjoy using materials in art classes to express their ideas and learn with one another. Children should be encouraged to explore the materials in the art center of a classroom and simply enjoy what happens, rather than be focused on the outcome of their work of art.

Utilizing art in the daily curriculum of early childhood classrooms will help young children develop skills and abilities they can apply to many other areas of life. Children will also develop an appreciation for art found in other cultures, and the ability to express their own thoughts and feelings in a unique way. Rather than focusing on the end result of a particular piece of art, the process of planning, preparing, and executing artwork provides multiple lessons all rolled into one, which makes art activities a tremendous educational tool for all early child care providers.

You can’t use up creativity – the more you use, the more you will have.

——Maya Angelou

Here at BIBA we regard the importance of the art curriculum highly, and this starts with our youngest students in the ECC. Along with a high level of art and creativity in the classrooms, the BIBA ECC is lucky indeed to have their own specialized art teacher. If you get a chance to spend some time in the ECC art classroom, you will see why.

ART WORKS

Interview with Dianne Boice

Dianne Elizabeth Boice

“Since being hired to teach Art here at BIBA, I like to place emphasis on helping student’s to choose to create art in their unique way, creating using their individuality, showcasing each student’s individual capabilities and creativity. I love seeing our student’s unique personality come through in their creations. Art class is a time to experiment and play, squishing paint, cutting, gluing and drawing also learning basic art skills, problem solving, design thinking and developing self-esteem.Children are smart, they discover new things in the art room all the time and they get excited. I’m here to cheer them on!

Teaching Visual Intelligence is incredibly important and something I am passionate about, we have fun and it shows. I don’t expect every student to grow up and make a living as an artist. However, in art class students are given the opportunity to make their own decisions, telling their own story while they problem solve and collaborate with others. A better artist = a better observer. We are all learning Visual Intelligence together, and it is never mastered, it is a continual process, and it is always fun!”

Recently, Dianne was able to travel to New Zealand to attend a Professional Development conference.

“Going to New Zealand for the International Association of Art in Early Childhood Conference was an excellent opportunity to hear the latest research and gather ideas to enhance my teaching practice. Young children are like tourists, wandering around with the innate curiosity to see, touch, experience and play, this is how they learn. To meet this innate need while learning I set fun art class actives such as darkening the art room, hunting for dinosaurs with flashlights, playing with a USB microscope and using an overhead projector to play with lights, shadows, colors, and shapes. Preschool should be irresistibly fun and I am definitely a better teacher after attending the conference. I am so grateful to BIBA for making it possible for me to attend. Taking so many ideas from all around the world and adapting them to fit into our culture here at BIBA has been a fun challenge.

I attended this conference in order to grasp a deeper understanding of what play based learning is all about and how I could change my art room and teaching to best suit the needs of our students here at BIBA. Like all teachers, we are always changing what we do, trying new things and continually reinventing ourselves as teachers to reach constantly evolving student needs.”

Professional Development at BIBA

BIBA not only provides a growing environment for students, but also provides a wider platform for teachers to continue their education and to share high-quality education resources. Every year, we offer teachers many opportunities to continue learning. At BIBA, lifelong learning is not only an expectation for students, but also an essential requirement for teachers.

When teachers receive professional development, students benefit. Professional development encourages a growth mindset, keeps teacher skill sets relevant and learn new innovative skills to support students. The science of teaching constantly finds new ways to have a tangible impact on our students learning. Furthermore, continuous professional development allows teaching to stay relevant in an ever-changing world and can prepare students to succeed in an evolving world — they need to be able to teach students 21st century skills, such as how to use emerging technologies, how to navigate evolving workplaces, how to communicate and collaborate effectively and how to think critically and solve problems. If teachers receive good quality, meaningful and relevant professional development, the more likely students are to succeed.

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awake joy in creative expression and knowledge” – Albert Einstein返回搜狐，查看更多

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