Lines, Squiggles, Circles: Examining Children’s Art and Mark Making as a Gateway to Learning

(Approved as Asynchronous 1-3 hours) Facilitator: Rebecca Tree, M. Ed wisdomtreecorner@gmail.com Professional Learning Summary and Description: • Examine mark making as a gateway to learning. • Reflect on the Hand, Eye and Brain Connection in early development. • Compare human development with agendas that push early formal writing • Examine the evolution of children’s art using Rhoda Kellog’s theory. • Compile materials that can encourage children’s mark making • Examine mark making as form of communication in children This is recorded as a Master Training Session in the state of Oregon: Set 2 Standards, Core Knowledge Categories and Objectives. Check with your state professional development group for acceptance. This Professional Learning Summary may be attached to your certificate for those outside of Oregon to show the Core Knowledge Categories. Add to your professional portfolio. Participants will focus on: Human Growth and Development Standard: 4.2.4. Examination of how children construct their own understandings of the world around them through active learning and play, or application of practices supporting this concept Objective(s): Examine how children construct their own understandings of the world around them through art and mark making. Learning Environments & Curriculum Standard: 5.2.3. Examination of major principles, theories, and research on learning environments Objective(s): Examine Rhoda Kellog’s pictorial evolution theory of children’s art and mark making as a model that drives curricular decisions. Standard: 5.2.5. Development of approaches, strategies, and tools to promote child development and learning Objective(s): Compile diverse materials that promote mark making and art exploration in children.