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The importance of the arts in a child’s development

The importance of the arts can not be denied. They help children develop communication and language skills, increase creativity, and improve self-esteem. The arts also expose children to exciting topics like history, geography, math, science, and technology that they might not come into contact with otherwise.

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Art Promotes Healthy Child Development (And Here’s How To Do It)

“Every child is an artist until he’s told

he’s not an artist.”

John Lennon

Every time I read this quote, as a parent of a young child, it is powerful truth that I accept wholeheartedly.

Yet, as a child myself, I never believed I was an artist.

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10 Reasons Why Art Education is Beneficial to Childhood Development

Culture is defined as the beliefs, customs and arts upheld in a group within society. Access to an arts education is crucial to a child’s development as it develops the child’s earliest notions of culture. For years, many have worried that schools around the globe are facing funding cuts to arts programs, while witnessing a shift in support for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related fields. In order to help level up arts education, we need to transform STEM into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math).

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