Case for arts education

The benefits of early arts education extend way beyond providing a creative outlet for children.

Arts education can help children develop --
- imagination
- cognitive skills
- creative abilities
- problem solving
- fine motor skills
- language
- social skills
- sense of time and place
- focusing
- listening
- risk taking
- tolerance
- uniqueness

Art is important to the development of all children. Here's why...

* Art is a link to the past. It provides an enjoyable perspective from which to examine history.
* Art helps students to understand and empathize with the living conditions people have endured at various times and places.
* Art encourages imagination. It shows students how they might express their own feelings and experiences through painting and drawing.
* Art provides children an opportunity to create and do, which can be a refreshing break from studying.
* Art teaches students how to interpret different forms of communication. It teaches them to understand figurative things like symbolism, metaphor, and the meanings of color.
* Art improves academic achievement. Evidence suggests that students who actively participate in some form of art — whether it be painting, acting, music, etc. — perform better in other subjects than students who don't participate in art.


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Why Should Georgia’s Youth Receive Art Education?