Arts-Rich Preschool Readies Kids for Learning [psmag.com]

Alicia Doktor 1/5/1812:58 PM

Preschools have a single, all-important mission: getting kids ready to learn. Students should emerge knowing their letters, numbers, and shapes, as well as a certain level of emotional awareness.

A new study identifies a uniquely effective way to impart this foundational knowledge: immersion in the arts.

It reports low-income children who attended a Head Start program experienced a more robust rise in readiness if their program included daily music, dance, and visual arts classes.

[For more on this story by TOM JACOBS, go to https://psmag.com/education/ar...es-kids-for-learning]

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