Author(s)

Jiang Jun ¹, Lu Xuelian ¹, Sun Yuanyuan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Education Science, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830054, China

Corresponding Author

Jiang Jun

ABSTRACT

"Children are born with a natural talent for artistic expression and can convey their unique understanding of the world through various symbolic languages and media." Among them, painting is an art form that children enjoy. It not only records the trajectory of children's growth but also reflects their unique thoughts and feelings. As a prelude to language development, language serves as a tool for communication and thinking, and narrative ability is a crucial skill in children's daily lives, thus receiving widespread attention. This study aims to explore the influence of painting activities on the narrative ability development of middle class children. The results show that painting activities can promote the improvement of narrative ability of middle class children. Painting activities have different influences on various dimensions of narrative ability. The children in the experimental class performed significantly better than those in the control class in terms of narrative ability, especially in the four aspects of "narrative content structure", "event narration length", "theme relevance" and "narrative sentence structure", with p values all <0.05.

KEYWORDS

Young Children; Painting Activity; Narrative Ability

CITE THIS PAPER

Jiang Jun, Lu Xuelian, Sun Yuanyuan, The Intrinsic Logic and Basic Strategies of the Development of Narrative Ability in Young Children's Painting Activities. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2025) Vol. 8: 95-104. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2025.080615.

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