A1-181 Webinar

Exploring Colour in the Early Years Visual Arts Curriculum

Deepen your understanding of how to meaningfully explore colour with children through the visual arts curriculum in this webinar with Julie Plows.
Presented By Julie Plows - NZTC
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Join us for a vibrant and inspiring webinar designed to deepen early childhood educators’ understanding of how to meaningfully explore colour with children through the visual arts curriculum.

In this session, we’ll move beyond simply naming colours and dive into how young children experience, experiment with, and express themselves through colour. Discover creative ways to invite children into rich, open-ended investigations using colour as a tool for storytelling, emotion, and discovery.

Presented By

Julie Plows

Webinar Duration

Approximately 45 minutes

Skill Level

Suitable to educators new to supporting visual arts and those wanting to refresh their practice.

What will you learn?

We'll unpack the role of the teacher in fostering curiosity, extending children's thinking, and creating environments that invite exploration through a wide variety of materials and mediums. Whether you're new to the arts curriculum or looking to reinvigorate your programme, this session will offer practical strategies, inspiring examples, and plenty of ideas to take back to your setting.

Key takeaways:
  • Understand how colour exploration supports cognitive, emotional, and creative development
  • Learn how to design engaging, age-appropriate colour experiences
  • Explore examples of colour-based projects and provocations
  • Gain confidence in using the visual arts curriculum as a framework for inquiry and expression

Let’s bring the joy of colour to life in your ECE setting one brushstroke at a time!
Certificate of completion provided for your professional learning records
About the presenter

Julie Plows

MEd, PGDipEd, BFA, DipTchECE
Julie Plows brings a wealth of experience in early childhood visual arts education. Julie is a teacher education lecturer who presented the findings from her Master of Education research, on early childhood visual arts education, nationally and internationally. Julie co-wrote a postgraduate course on early childhood arts education and teaches in the postgraduate and undergraduate programmes at NZTC.

What others said about this webinar:

It was great to know ways we can teach more about colours with children and make it fun and interesting.
— COURTNEY
I like delving into colour theory and the reminder to scaffold so that children understand how to experience art in a sensory or exploratory way.
— CHINZIA
I'm a trained visual artist and have been an early childhood educator for almost 4 years. This webinar was great to get more of an idea of how to support children's learning in visual arts.
— CAITLIN

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