07/07/2020
Why should I let my child explore art anyways?
While art exploration offers tremendous benefits in young children’s development, I am not going to mention all the boring terms because you can easily find them on Google.
Instead, I want to tell you what art did for me in my childhood.
I used to drive my parents crazy with all the magazines cutting & pasting.
The neverending scraps and recycling, not to mention my poor parents who would come home to their new magazine in broken pieces even before they get a chance to read it.😅🙈
I would spend hours sitting on the ground cutting out colour palettes, large & small texts, coupons, people’s faces, fashion styles, food... then I would organize them in my sketchbook or glue them into collages.
My dad HATED it because I was spending so much time creating what looked like GARBAGE to him but those were definitely one of my favourite moments as a kid.
🙌 My brain was always concentrating
🙌 My hands & eyes were constantly creating
🙌 I learned about things I admire
🙌 I learned to be confident
🙌 Most importantly, I learned about the world through a sense of wonder and imagination that no picture books nor plastic toys could have offered
Art ( creative free play) was the most magical experience I had growing up.
Take out some art supplies today.
Let your child make a mess.
Step back and watch them thrive in their own creative space.
