ECE 361 - Introducing Young Children

    Recent Professors
    Jeannette L. Mulhern, Iris J. Dimond
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of ECE 361
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    ECE 361 Introducing Young Children to Visual Arts Units: 3 Hours: 54 hours LEC Prerequisite: None. Transferable: CSU General Education: Local GE L3 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. The focus is on observing children's natural ways of exploring each medium and learning strategies to facilitate and document children's emerging skills and relationship with each medium. Included are strategies for designing early childhood environments that promote children's exploration of visual arts.