摘要：This study of the effectiveness of various art programs took place in Gwangju with asample of 60 four- to five-year old children from three kindergartens. The children were assigned to one of three experimental groups : 20 children in the picture book group(experimental group 1),20 children in the famous paintings group(experimental group 2),and 20 children in the traditional group(control group). Data were analyzed by ANCOVA using the scores of the pre-test as covariance. Results showed that the picture book and the famous painting art programs affected young children's art ability more positively than the traditional art program. The picture book art program showed particularly high educational effectiveness..
