Importance of Art for Children

True art always prompts to something, causes various states, moods, and feelings. Therefore, it is necessary to begin to instill a high art taste from the earliest years.

Most educational programs for schoolchildren and preschoolers contain a part dedicated to art. During the training, children not only master the basic skills of drawing, modeling, applications and other types of creativity, but also get acquainted with the history of fine art, with famous masterpieces of different times and periods, learn to see the works of great masters.

The main purpose of introducing children to art is the development of their aesthetic perception. Children have a growing interest in various works, formed the perception and understanding of the beautiful, develop imagination. In addition, through the objects of art, children get acquainted with new objects and phenomena for them, learn to distinguish between good and evil, they form a moral core.

Familiarization of children with art should begin at a fairly early age. Aesthetic education is included in the program of the younger kindergarten group, which corresponds to the age of three.

Why does a child need it? The answer is simple-art is another way of learning the world. Listening to classical music, the child learns to comprehend harmony, looking at famous pictures, he perceives color painting and composition, reading poetry, he opens new possibilities of language. In addition, art is inextricably linked with the history of mankind. Studying works of art based on historical stories with the child, parents can tell the child about interesting facts from the past. Thus, the horizons, erudition, and vocabulary of the child are expanded.Art classes help to develop motor skills, and this is the stimulation of areas of the brain responsible for thinking, speech, visual and motor memory, coordination. The child develops imagination.

Art not only gives aesthetic pleasure, but it also introduces one of the most complex arts that everyone needs to master - the art of seeing the world. Art helps to know the world more deeply, feel brighter and notice more. Thus, art is a special form of knowledge and education.