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- ISSN: 0360-9170
- E-ISSN: 1943-2402
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The Arts Meet the Language Arts in Kindergarten: A Photo Essay
- Source: Language Arts, Volume 78, Issue Changing The Way We Think About Language Arts Revisited, Jul 2001, p. 543 - 547
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- 01 Jul 2001
Abstract
The arts and language arts are mutually supportive. Music is a natural form of listening to language; theater is the mechanism for performing language; and art is a way of visualizing language. The arts, rather than being a “frill” unrelated to literacy learning, are media of human innovation and conceptualization that offer alternative ways to construct meaning and to communicate ideas. As such, the arts can be a powerful avenue to the language arts for young children.
© 2001 by the National Council of Teachers of English