Prepare a critically annotated portfolio of creative Arts resources and provocations (with reference to relevant theoretical frameworks, curriculum documents and contemporary pedagogical issues)...

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Annotated Portfolio         
ANNOTATED PORTFOLIO OF CREATIVE ARTS FOR CHILDREN IN THE AGE GROUP OF 5 YEARS TO 7 YEARS
Table of contents
Introduction    4
Music: A social inspiration for kids    4
Musical Activity: Creating music from day to day items    5
Purpose of the activity    5
Provocation resources for the activity    5
Intentional learning    6
Age group    6
Indoor and outdoor uses    6
Contemporary pedagogical issues and relevant curriculum framework    7
Dance: provoking imaginations and creativities    7
Dance Activity: Zoo theme dance    7
Purpose of the activity    7
Provocation resources for the activity    8
Intentional learning    8
Age group    8
Indoor and outdoor use    8
Contemporary pedagogical issues and relevant curriculum framework    8
Visual Arts: enhancing creativity and personality    9
Visual arts activity: Collage art    9
Purpose of the activity:    9
Provocation resources for the activity    10
Intentional learning    10
Age group    10
Indoor or outdoor use    10
Contemporary pedagogical issues and relevant curriculum framework    10
Media Arts: engaging and inspiring lives    11
Media art activity: designing personal logo through mosaic art    11
Provocation resources for the activity    11
Intentional learning    11
Age group    11
Indoor or outdoor use    12
Contemporary pedagogical issues and relevant curriculum framework    12
References    13
Introduction
    Activities such as dance, drama, music, visual arts and media arts play an important role in the overall growth and development of the children in the age group of 5 years to 7 years. These activities whether conducted in an indoor setting or an outdoor setting helps to keep the children physically as well as mentally active. These activities shall help to develop creativity, cooperation, self-confidence, negotiation and leadership among the children helping them to develop as better human beings. These activities are used to imbibe values and skills in children in an enjoyable and memorable manner.
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Various art forms help the children to develop in a way so as to fit into team-oriented environment with tolerance and respect towards each other. These art forms help to develop empathy among children along with the educational values imbibed through educational curriculum.
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Music: A social inspiration for kids
    Music develops a sense of building strong bonds and relationship between the children and the society they are living in. Music is also an art form which helps to improve brain development in children. A study done at Northwestern University has proved the fact that children who play some kind of musical instrument have better neural processing abilities than children who are not attached to music in any form. Music also helps to imbibe a habit of leading a disciplined life in children along with reliving them from stress of their day to day educational curriculum.
Musical Activity: Creating music from day to day items
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Children in the age group of 5-7 years should be encouraged to create their own music through daily household items such as kitchen utensils in the indoor environment or other natural objects such as pipes and drums in the outdoor environment. This activity can be done individually or by arranging kids into teams. This activity can be conducted both in indoor as well as outdoor environment.
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Purpose of the activity
    Conducting this activity will help children to be creative and will help to develop self-confidence in them that they are capable of creating music from what they see around them in their daily life. As opined by Mitchell (2018) musical activities also encourage children to be innovative and help them to relieve stress and also assist in the brain development of children. This activity, when conducted in teams help to develop a sense of coordination and cooperation in children as they all will play their instruments in sync with each other to create a melodious musical tune.
Provocation resources for the activity
YouTube video: DIY Musical Instruments for...