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Professional Development


Art to Heart
Early childhood creativity
Grade Levels:
0-3
Length:
30 minutes
Taping Rights:
Unlimited
MARC Record:
Downloadable
Web Site:
KET Online
Teaching Materials:
See Below

Children love to move, sing, draw, sculpt, and pretend. And these fun activities are also an engaging way to promote development and learning. Art to Heart offers parents and teachers of young children insight into how involvement in visual arts, dance, drama, and music from the earliest years contributes to children’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development—as well as ideas and inspiration for activities to do together.

The series’ eight engaging programs visit schools, child care centers, museums, and community centers across the country to explore a wide array of innovative hands-on arts programs. Researchers, artists, teachers, and parents offer examples of enjoyable and beneficial arts activities for both home and educational settings. Meanwhile, the delighted responses of the children participating in the featured projects illustrate the sheer joy of creating.

Art to Heart is a 2006 KET production.

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2007/08 Program Schedule

101. Children's First Language
Introduces the arts as a way young children communicate their thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Leading researcher Howard Gardner explains his theory of multiple intelligences. Featured locations: the Wolf Trap Foundation Center for Education, a model child care center at East Tennessee State University, the Daviess County schools, the Art Sparks gallery at Louisville's Speed Art Museum, and a home where mother and daughter make art together. A 2006 KET production. 27 minutes
    Thursday, January 10 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, January 12 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, June 26 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, June 28 at 7:30 am on KETKY

102. Visual Arts
Explores how visual arts activities can foster literacy, self-esteem, problem-solving skills, and parent-child bonding. Examples spotlight a rural Kentucky Head Start center where fathers and preschoolers create steppingstones, the art-focused Reggio Emilia approach in two St. Louis schools, a Louisville art class, a preschool class at Philadelphia's Settlement Music School, and activities at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution that connect art to books. Martin Rollins of Louisville's Speed Art Museum explains the stages of drawing development. A 2006 KET production. 27 minutes
    Thursday, January 17 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, January 19 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, March 15 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, May 10 at 7:30 am on KETKY

103. Music
Music activities help build physical and language skills and self-confidence while promoting cooperative behaviors. A music teacher at Philadelphia's Settlement Music School explains the importance of helping young children discover their singing voices, a couple in Lexington sing with their infant, an artist-in-residence introduces Massachusetts kindergartners to songwriting, therapists use music to build preschool skills, and a classical musician teaches inner-city youngsters in Louisville to play the violin. A KET production. 27 minutes
    Thursday, January 24 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, January 26 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, March 20 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, March 22 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 am on KETKY

104. Movement and Dance
Explains the difference between movement and dance and why both are important and enjoyable experiences for young children. Visits to St. Louis, Philadelphia, Berea, and Louisville spotlight activities using African, Appalachian, classical, and modern dance, and movement education specialist Rae Pica explains why it's important to pay attention to movement basics. A KET production. 27 minutes
    Thursday, January 31 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, February 2 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, March 27 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, March 29 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, May 22 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, May 24 at 7:30 am on KETKY

105. Drama and the Literary Arts
Inspired by a painting, 3rd graders in Louisville take on roles of explorers and Native Americans. Mother and neuroscientist Lise Eliot explains the connection between reading and brain development, and teaching artists use books and puppets to help children bring stories to life in the classroom. At the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, kids use artifacts, storytelling, and dramatic play to connect ideas in science and history. 27 minutes
    Thursday, February 7 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, May 29 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, May 31 at 7:30 am on KETKY

106. The Artful Environment
Looks at how materials, attitude, and teacher/parent involvement can help create an atmosphere that fosters creativity. At the Key Learning Community in Indianapolis, teachers put Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences to work. Reggio Emilia educators explain the importance of providing a variety of art materials, parents and children explore the Children's Museum of Indianapolis and the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, and a Louisville artist and his daughter draw each other. A 2006 KET production. 27 minutes
    Thursday, February 14 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, February 16 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, June 5 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, June 7 at 7:30 am on KETKY

107. Arts for Learning
Louisville 3rd graders learn about recycling and pollution through Stage One's Eco-Drama program. Neuroscientist Lise Eliot explains how music, movement, and visual stimulation help prime the brain for language development and future learning. A university professor demonstrates best practices for teaching art, and Slavko Milekic discusses his interactive museum software for children. A 2006 KET production. 27 minutes
    Thursday, February 21 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, April 19 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 am on KETKY

108. Arts Every Day
Parents and educators stress the importance of making the arts part of young children's everyday experience. At Gateway Association Child Development Center in Anderson, IN, the arts facilitate learning for children with a variety of abilities and needs. A Louisville father and artist emphasizes spending time with your young children. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and Reach Out and Read, founded by Boston pediatrician Barry Zuckerman, encourage parents to read to young children. And at a Lexington library branch, an arts project called Bilingual Boogie Bees helps bring neighbors and cultures together. A 2006 KET production. 27 minutes
    Thursday, January 3 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, January 5 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, February 28 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, April 24 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 am on KETKY
    Thursday, June 19 at 7:00 am on KETKY
    Saturday, June 21 at 7:30 am on KETKY

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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED

Block Feed: Programs 101-108 Program Details
3 hours, 57 minutes
    Monday, August 13 at 4:00 pm on KETED
    Monday, September 3 at 2:00 am on KET3
    Monday, September 3 at 2:00 am on KETED
    Monday, October 15 at 4:00 pm on KETED
    Monday, December 3 at 4:00 pm on KETED
    Monday, January 7 at 2:00 am on KETED
    Monday, April 14 at 4:00 pm on KETED


Teaching Materials

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Lexington, KY 40502-2200
adulted@ket.org



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