ECE 361 - Introducing Young Children to Visual Arts

    Recent Professors
    Michelle A. Salluzzo, Lauren R. Hickman
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None.
    Summer 2026 Sections
    View Summer 2026 sections of ECE 361
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course prepares teachers in early childhood education with strategies for introducing young children to the media and tools of drawing, painting, sculpting, and other visual arts commonly used by young children to represent and understand the world around them. It focuses on observing children's natural ways of exploring each medium and learning strategies to facilitate and document children's emerging Early Childhood Education 355 skills and relationship with each medium. It includes strategies for designing early childhood environments that promote children's exploration of visual arts.
    Usually Held
    Tue 6:00pm–7:20pm, Tue 6:00pm–8:05pm