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The goals for aesthetic and artistic development in the primary years include providing experiences that enable students to:
Fine arts experiences in the primary years acknowledge, respect, and further develop the expressive experiences students bring to the school environment. From an early age, students' expressive play includes movement, music, and visual and dramatic exploration, all of which are significant in the develop- ment of body, mind, and spirit. Play is central and natural to students' learning. As students develop in the primary years, they acquire artistic knowledge, skills, and attitudes through play. Fine arts education provides opportunities to develop the imagination, and encourages students to co-operate, develop friendships, and appreciate their own and others' abilities and cultural identities. Fine arts experiences simultaneously engage the various senses, resulting in a balanced and integrated development of students' innate artistic potential.
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Revised: July 8, 1998
