The Effects of Art on Children
We encounter daily experiences, patterns and relationships which reveal a great deal about who we are as interacting humans. Socio- economic and societal issues play a factor in the development of brains and ultimately, the behavior. Disadvantaged children clearly do not benefit from their place in society. Scientists, however, believe they have found one solution that can hopefully equate the growth of such children with normal but not necessarily affluent kids. Through creative enhancing techniques such as dance or movement, drawing and music, all children, underprivileged children especially, can advance their development.
Disadvantaged children become exposed to several obdurate, agitating experiences, or stress, that eventually leads to cognitive, social and emotional problems. Through the presence of art in the life of such a child, that child can use art for its therapeutic devices while benefitting their "cognitive, social and motor abilities" (1). The presence of such problems due to the environment of these children were born are sometimes exhibited in such forms of anxiety, nervousness, lack or excessive amounts of sleep, lack of social, language and verbal skills (3). Ultimately, maltreated children will learn at a slower rate than normal children and a discrepancy will occur between their age and level of emotional maturity. For example, a six year old child might act, feel and "carry themselves" as if they were three years in age. This technique which is sometimes dubbed "playful brain training" (2) can help match their emotional to their chronological ( proper age range) level.
Before considering the physiological effects of art on the brain, let us consider how art influences the behavior of this child and how it can affect their daily tasks. It is not uncommon for a maltreated child to feel angry, out of control or terribly insecure. Through dance for example, the child will not only form rhythmic skills by listening to music and moving to it,
Disadvantaged children become exposed to several obdurate, agitating experiences, or stress, that eventually leads to cognitive, social and emotional problems. Through the presence of art in the life of such a child, that child can use art for its therapeutic devices while benefitting their "cognitive, social and motor abilities" (1). The presence of such problems due to the environment of these children were born are sometimes exhibited in such forms of anxiety, nervousness, lack or excessive amounts of sleep, lack of social, language and verbal skills (3). Ultimately, maltreated children will learn at a slower rate than normal children and a discrepancy will occur between their age and level of emotional maturity. For example, a six year old child might act, feel and "carry themselves" as if they were three years in age. This technique which is sometimes dubbed "playful brain training" (2) can help match their emotional to their chronological ( proper age range) level.
Before considering the physiological effects of art on the brain, let us consider how art influences the behavior of this child and how it can affect their daily tasks. It is not uncommon for a maltreated child to feel angry, out of control or terribly insecure. Through dance for example, the child will not only form rhythmic skills by listening to music and moving to it,