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By: How To Teach Art To A Young Child?

How To Teach Art To A Young Child? — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:34:59 +0000

[...] Coming up next: List of resources for open ended art and books on art appreciation. [...]

By: sandhya

sandhya — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:29:39 +0000

I know how it is! I have (too sentimental!) kept every bit of art A (my 8yr old girl) has produced. At last count the collection was threatning to overflow 2 max size suitcases. Should take a page from B o o.’s book and pare it down. Of course without a word to her. That feels a bit sly, but it has to be done.

UTBT SAYS: Sandhya, Two suitcases huh?! Gulp. Need to get in to art work, need to, need to, need to. Sort that pile, sort sort, sort. But I don’t feel like throwing anything away. What do I do?!

Want to hear my night mare? I have everything, but it is organized in an order that pleases me. Last summer I come back from groceries, as per the kids request the MIL had given them their art folder. And the kids had decorated the house for me. ;( The min the scene registered, I dropped the grocery bag. Casualty a dozen eggs.

By: choxbox

choxbox — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:54:05 +0000

And, can you please please r2i and be my neighbour?

UTBT SAYS: Sure, would love to be your neighbor Chox. But you are not permitted to withdraw this opinion once you are experiencing the full version of UTBT I have my moments and I am a package deal

By: choxbox

choxbox — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:50:41 +0000

i am usually honest – only if i really think its great i say it. mainly because she sees through when i try to fake – guess i’m rather bad at it

i take pix of the artwork, display it on the ‘art space’ in their room and then chuck it off unless its phenomenal in which case it goes into their art folder.

UTBT SAYS: Chox, honestly is the best policy I must start using restraint when it comes to saving their art work. I save most of the things because, I am trying to find patterns and how things evolved etc. But the clutter is getting out of hand. Surely these girls are not going to appreciate me handing over them 21 card boxes filled with art work, one for each year, on their 21st birthday

By: B o o.

B o o. — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:43:40 +0000

I ask her to explain what she has drawn. lesson learnt after saying the wrong things and hurting Her Highness’ feelings! and then i say “wow, good job, etc.. etc…” sometimes genuine and sometimes faked. i also tell her what the art looks like to me. in a while though, i can find a pattern and get good at recognizing her art work from a bunch of drawings and also able to guess correctly what she has done. it makes me immensely proud!

if the art itself or her explanation looks good to me, i keep it. otherwise it goes straight to the bin. (of course when she is nt looking! i keep her drawings, painting, crafts,… filed in a folder.

ps.
*standing ovation* fantastic series of posts. one of your best!

UTBT SAYS: Isn’t it amazing how much we learn after we become mothers?! Congrats on keeping the art accumulation in control.