Express Identity with Art

26.B Understand ways to express meaning through the arts.

Preschool Benchmarks

Use creative arts as an avenue for self-expression.

• Create movement to intentionally represent something or portray phenomena (e.g., move like a falling leaf, a bird flying, or a ball bouncing).

• Create music to accompany activities (e.g., sing and dance during play activities).

• Create a puppet or mask to portray a character in a story.

• Establish a play space for dramatization (e.g., set up chairs for a pretend bus ride).

• Dramatize an event (e.g., act out going on a field trip to the zoo).

• Use the visual arts to depict an event (e.g., draw a picture about something that happened on the playground).