期刊名称:International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN:1308-5581
出版年度:2022
卷号:14
期号:5
页码:3552-3559
DOI:10.9756/INTJECSE/V14I5.393
语种:English
出版社:International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要:Early Childhood Development years are extremely important in determining a child’s growth, development and evolvement as an independent and healthy functional adult. This is the phase wherein their social, emotional, cognitive and behavioural aspects can either be positively impacted or negatively affected. The present research paper aims to study the significant and therapeutic role that art making plays, when introduced to a child’s day-to-day life functioning during its growing years. Art Therapy has been a platform helping children find help to their psychological concerns and the given research takes the same into consideration as well while studying the independent effects of art-making. The study follows the methodology of both systematic review of six significantly compatible researches to the key themes out of two hundred selected for screening, along with the content analysis of the same to observe and understand the key benefits that art making has to offer therapeutically. Results represent a positive relationship between early childhood phase and art making through observations that throws light towards feeling safe, comfortable, personality development, high aesthetic values towards life, high self-esteem, enhanced creative learning, meaning making and balanced behavioural conducts on part of participating children. Thus suggesting indulging and encouraging children in their early childhood years to participate in art making. A section of the research also highlights the significance of art making in terms of improving parent-child relationship when practised together by both parents and children.
关键词:Art Making;Therapeutic effects;Early Childhood Development;Cognitive Development;Emotional Development;Social Development and Behavioural Development