Teaching Art in

Elementary Grades
Why is art education so important?

It reflects our history, traditions, culture, and

ourselves. It allows us to dive deep into
different topics, emotions and provides the
opportunity to reflect on who we are and
what we believe in.
Why is art education so
important?
Art education is vital for students. Art allows
students to learn about themselves, their culture,
and their community. By taking art classes,
students begin to visualize the world differently.
 Why is art education so important?

The creativity and imagination of students are

pushed through the development of art. It is necessary
for art educators to cultivate and guide students with
quality art lessons to increase their (the students')
understanding and relationship with the world.
Art classes develop a child's creativity,
thought process, and ways of
expression.
 Art education helps guide a child's mental
development. According to Freedman and Stuhr
(2000), art education conserves "and transmits
heritage, helping students to recognize and
appreciate the diverse perspectives they will
encounter in an increasingly global community"
 Art gives students the ability to, "draw
meaningful relationships among the
artworks they have created and
interpreted and with many other cultural
texts in the arts, humanities, and
sciences"
According to Freedman and Boughton, many
parts of the brain are involved when learning
about art and it builds deep cognitive
connections. This explains how children get
to understand that one symbol may represent
different ideas among many cultures.
 The importance of art education can be
understood through the habits that the students
form. Students discover new things while
creating art, and they are then able to adapt the
new knowledge to daily life.
 Szekely and Bucknam (2012) stress that
children can apply what they learn in art
classes to everyday life. Their thought
processes develop greatly. Students begin
to approach everything creatively and this
will even help them in other classes such as
English or even Math.
Art teach children the value of learning how
to make effective solutions and learn from
them. Art education is essential for growth
and development because children not only
express creativity, but they learn important
life lessons as well.
 Art education is very important in schools
and studies support why art education is
necessary. Creating art allows children to
envision and understand the world on a
different level, in ways that are not possible in
other areas.
 Art classes in schools afford the child the
opportunity to learn creatively and
expressively. Art education plays an
important role to inspire children and guide
their creativity, growth, and understanding of
the world.
 Again, art education is crucial for the
children's development. School boards
shall understand that art education is
necessary and very important for
students.
 Art classes offer children critical lessons
about life that they are not exposed to in
their other classes. Art teachers drive the
creativity and the imagination of students,
while allowing students to express
themselves.
 .Arts subjects encourage self-
expression and creativity and can
build confidence as well as a sense of
individual identity.
 Learning through and about
the arts enriches the experience
of studying while at school as
well as preparing students for
life after school