"The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live, not a life according to the purpose of the educator who thinks he knows best." ~ A.S. Neill, founder of Summerhill School.
Art is important becuase it encompasses all the development domains in child development. Art lends itself to physical development and the enhancement of fine and gross motor skills.
Art activities help children's social and emotional development. It helps them build self-esteem. It is an opportunity for children to make a personal statement about their uniqueness through art while allowing them to express happiness, joy and pride.
Art is important because it allows children to be CREATIVE. Each piece of artwork is individual and original to each child. Children havetheir own thoughts and ideas of how things should look and they come to artwith their own unique experiences.
It is important to make art activities open-ended. Open-ended experiences are success-oriented because there is NO ONE RIGHT WAY to do something.Open-ended art acitivities are motivating for children of all developmentabilities. They build feelings of independence, confidence and an eagernessto learn.
All children really need to draw/doodle/scribble are:-
the little egg
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3rd March 2014.
A friend gave us a very small egg. Just for the fun of it, I placed the
small egg and a normal sized egg standing side by side at one co...
I started this blog because I would like to jot down stuff my daughters have said or done, so that years down the road, we can read back on them.
I came to know about homeschooling in July 2009 and also got to know a network of homeschooling friends. I am impressed by them and I am attending their workshop & activities as much as I can, to learn more on this topic... homeschooling, unschooling, deschooling.
Let the child leads the learning. The world is their classroom. This blog is also a journal of my girls' learning world.
Writing is the way
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So I figured writing is supposed to be good for me. Especially during my
progressed moon in retrograde at this phase of my life. At least for the
next goo...