1. Come Create
With Us!
The Dolores Dore Eccles Early
Childhood Center has an-
nounced the new
Integrative Art Program com-
ing January 2015!
For information about the
center, visit:
www.usu.edu/fchd/commu-
nity/dde/index.cfm
“The kind of people society
needs to make it move forward
are thinking, inventive people
who seek new ways and
improvements, not people who
can only follow directions. Art is
a way to encourage the process
and the experience of thinking
and making things better!”
For more information regarding
music, drama, and the arts with
early childhood learning, visit
www.pbs.org.
Sources we used:
• Brown, L. (n.d.). The Benefits
of Music Education. Retrieved
November 1, 2014, from
http://www.pbs.org/parents/
education/music-arts/the-
benefits-of-music-education/
• www.usu.edu/fchd/
community/dde/index.cfm
Dolores Doré
Eccles Center for
Early Care and
Education

2. So
Much
Drama...
Play
that Music...
An Artsy Mind
is an Intelligent
Mind...
• Studies show that creative drama
will not only contribute to a more
balanced curriculum for childrens’
general development but will also
enhance specific language and
social skills.
• Participating in the arts is proven to
boost a child’s
self-image and self-confidence.
• They also develop the skills they
need to cooperate with their peers,
learn to control their impulses, and
tend to be less aggressive than
children who do not engage in this
type of play.
• Studies have clearly indicated
that musical training physically
develops the part of the left side
of the brain known to be involved
with processing language, and
can actually wire the brain’s
circuits in specific ways.
• Linking familiar songs to new
information can also help imprint
information on young minds.
• Children who receive music
lessons over the school year test,
on average, 3 points higher on IQ
tests.
• Language competence is at
the root of social competence.
Musical experience strengthens
the capacity to be verbally
competent.
• Music, in particular, helps
provide children with improved
classroom skills, including critical
thinking, creative problem
solving, team work, and effective
communication.
Connecting children with the arts
can help them develop beneficial
skills in: language development,
decision making, visual learning,
inventiveness, motor skills, cultural
awareness, and improved
academic performance.
Student Artwork