We all like to be focused on an end goal or outcome, but as far as I can tell there is no point to art making. That is to say there is no particular end goal or final destination. To use a couple of much loved art teacher cliches, it really is more about the […]
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I don’t care if Art makes kids better at Maths
As an art teacher I frequently find myself justifying the benefits of artmaking for kids. There is a fair bit of research on how kids engaged in artistic practice show improvement in academic areas such as maths (some research has shown it does while other results proved not…the perils of research) But is that really […]
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The Truth About Kids Artmaking at Home
Okay so here it is. It can be messy, frequently shortlived and quite often not the outcome you might have expected BUT you do not need to be artistic yourself to implement some simple strategies to encourage creativity at home and when you have success (engaged, happy, exploring kids) it feels really good! The key […]
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