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Displaying Children’s Artwork

Why is it critical to display children’s artwork in meaningful ways? Have you ever seen a child’s work rich in colour, detail and clearly demonstrates significant time spent? Have you seen that loose piece of paper posted randomly on a wall or taped to a cupboard? The edges begin to curl, the colour fades. Ask yourself if that was your own work how might you feel?

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The Benefits of Displaying Your Childrens Artwork

BUDDHA BOARDS

Drawing on Buddha boards provides an opportunity for children to use a different approach to drawing. Using fine motor, the application is a softer touch. Children come to discover how much pressure to apply to obtain a variety of brush strokes. Buddha boards also create a sense of calm focus.

“And then it disappears and we can start over again”.

“I am making a person. It’s me, the person I am making is me. I am getting ready to go to sleep. My toothbrush is there laying on the counter.”

“It’s a man. I don’t know anything about him.”

“I was thinking of making, wanting to make little circles and fill them in.”

REFLECTIVE ART

PAINTING IN THE FOREST

Using sticks, rocks, leaves, pinecones and branches to paint on canvas.

“Nature inspires creativity in a child by demanding visualization and the full use of the senses… In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, privacy…”

– Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv

Autumn Colours at Hazelwood- Drawing what we see and feel.