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WHEN IS IT SCIENCE?  WHEN IS IT ART?

For people who work with children ages 2 to 8

Art has been a main focus of Early Childhood education for a very long time; the most universal child's toy in this country (at least before TV products took over) was a box of crayons.  Science has been less accessible to teachers of young children, although the children themselves persist in being scientists.

When a child explores and examines part of his or her world, represents it in art media, dance, music and drama, predicts results and sees if the prediction holds up, is it science?  Is it art?  Does it matter?  Do we benefit from separating these two disciplines?  Can poetry matter?

In studying Reggio Emilia we can find the place where the science and art intersect, and people unsure of themselves in one of these disciplines can lean upon the other to add richness to their program for children.

E-mail:  sydney@eceteacher.org, www.eceteacher.org • (C) Copyright Sydney Gurewitz Clemens, 2007