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Child directed art??

by Susan

Feb 21, 2010

I need ideas on how to help new teachers understand child directed art.Does anybodyhave any wonderful articles, websites etc? Thank you in advance.

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montmo On 2/21/10, Susan wrote: > I need ideas on how to help new teachers understand child > directed art.Does anybodyhave any wonderful articles, > websites etc? Thank you in advance.

"let Out the Sunshine" by REgina Reynolds Barnett has some excellent information in the front of the book covering nature of creativity, expression of cr...See More

Feb 28, 2010

Schari Well said montmo! It is a 'mindset' that people need to have about the abilities and resourcefulness of children. Has to do with respecting and trusting that children are capable and thinking human beings.

> > "let Out the Sunshine" by REgina Reynolds Barnett has some > excellent information in the front of the book covering natu...See More

Feb 28, 2010

cathy the easiest thing to remember is art is a PROCESS........... ........NOT a PRODUCT....... the children should be free to create with the materials that the teacher puts in the art center......peroid...

On 2/28/10, Schari wrote: > Well said montmo! It is a 'mindset' that people need to have > about the abilities and resourcefulness of...See Morethe easiest thing to remember is art is a PROCESS........... ........NOT a PRODUCT....... the children should be free to create with the materials that the teacher puts in the art center......peroid...

On 2/28/10, Schari wrote: > Well said montmo! It is a 'mindset' that people need to have > about the abilities and resourcefulness of children. Has to do > with respecting and trusting that children are capable and > thinking human beings. > >> >> "let Out the Sunshine" by REgina Reynolds Barnett has some >> excellent information in the front of the book covering nature >> of creativity, expression of creativity, growth of creativity, >> value of creativity, nourishment of creativity and environment >> of creativity. Also there is curriculum for creativity. The >> publisher is Wm C.Brown Company Publishers in Dubuque Iowa. I >> attended her workshop twice several years ago. One thing you >> need to consider is that if the overall psychological climate >> is not such that encourages child directed overall, it will be >> very difficult to convince any teacher to expand his or her >> thinking to provide the freedom necessary to nurture child >> directed. It takes a different way of thinking on the part of >> the adult- like having faith in children that they will grow >> when given the proper amount of freedom and independence. >> Teachers that feel they need to be the focus of the classroom >> (like taking care of all the children's needs and experiences) >> have to learn to give up that need for control and control the >> environment to allow success for the children. >> >> If teachers would realize to approach teaching in this way is >> so much more rewarding for the children, of course, but also >> for the adult providing the experiences. Teachers wouldn't be >> so frustrated with behavior problems in the classroom when >> they create environments that blend freedom with structure and >> allows the child to make his own choices to express his inner >> needs. >> >> I would think the internet would also provide some excellent >> information. I applaud you in your efforts and I hope you win >> some converts to this way of thinking!

Mar 2, 2010

Susan On 2/24/10, Schari wrote: > I assume you are asking this because your teachers are not > accustomed to using child directed art? > > I'm reading a book right now called "The Art of Awareness" by > Deb Curtis and Margie Carter. The subtitle is "How > Observation Can Transform Your Teaching". It talks about > seeing things from a...See More

Mar 6, 2010

Maria I took an art class and I remember the teacher said that the worst thing that you can do when teaching art is give children material with which they only need to glue and that's all. We need to give them the tools and let their imagination fly, so at the end we can see the marvelous creations they can do.

Mar 22, 2010

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