Published by the National Endowment for the Arts. Imagine! Introducing Your Child to the Arts (Second Edition) revises and updates the previous edition's material on introducing children to the arts. Made for parents, the publication includes activities and suggestions in literature, dance, music, theater, visual arts, folk arts, and media arts aimed specifically at children ages 3-8 years old.  Includes pull-out guide of arts activities.

A MESSAGE TO PARENTS
“The arts are, above all, the special language of children, who, even before they learn to speak, respond intuitively to dance,music, and color,” Dr. Ernest Boyer, former U.S. Commissioner of Education and president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching once stated.

The magic of finding a new way of communicating, a new way of envisioning the world, is one of the most exciting discoveries that children make. Children need encouragement and guidance, though, in making these discoveries. The National Endowment for the Arts created this publication, Imagine!, to offer parents practical ways to introduce their children to the arts.

This book revises and updates two earlier publications, its namesake of 1997, and Three R’s for the ‘90s. What started as a collection of essays by national associations in the arts and education has been enhanced and expanded—enhanced by perspectives on the arts and children informed by recent research on children’s learning and development; expanded by the addition of an easy-to-use chart that relates the stages of child development to sample arts experiences you and your child can participate in together. The activities and suggestions in Imagine! are aimed specifically at children ages 3-8 years old.

Also updated are resources in each of the arts discipline chapters to help you learn more about the arts and to introduce your child to the creativity and joy of making art.Many of these resources have been made possible by grants and national leadership initiatives from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since 1965, the Endowment has supported programs for children and youth. National leadership in arts education continues to be part of our agency’s mission.

To find out more about our Learning in the Arts grants and initiatives, visit our Web site at www.arts.gov.

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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506-0001
(202) 682-5400
www.arts.gov

CONTENTS
A Message to Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction by Chairman Dana Gioia . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 1: From Words to Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2:Making Art through Movement. . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 3:Making Music Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 4:Dramatic Play for Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 5: Your Child and the Visual Arts . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 6: Folk Art: Art in Everyday Life . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 7:Media Arts and Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

RESOURCES
WEB SITES
ALLIANCE FOR A MEDIA LITERATE AMERICA
www.AMLAinfo.org
This membership organization for people involved in media literacy education runs the National Media Education Conference.

CENTER FOR MEDIA LITERACY
www.medialit.org
The Center for Media Literacy provides a comprehensive catalogue of selected publications, videos, and teaching materials. This Web site also offers resources for preschoolers and early elementary students.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MEDIA ARTS AND CULTURE
www.namac.org
The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) is a nonprofit association comprised of diverse member organizations that are dedicated to the production, exhibition, distribution, and preservation of film, video, audio, and online/multimedia arts.

Its mission is to strengthen media arts organizations as an integral part of the community; facilitate the support of independent media artists form all cultural communities and regions; integrate media into all levels of education and advocate for media literacy as an educational goal; promote humane uses of and individual access to current and future media technologies; and encourage media arts that are rooted in communities, as well those that are global in outlook.

PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE (PBS)
www.pbskids.org
The Public Broadcasting Service, created and owned by the nation’s public television stations, exists to serve its members with programming and services of the highest quality and to demonstrate the imaginative use of technology to advance education, culture, and citizenship.

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