Through my childcare years, I had a special mission. It was clear to me that children are natural, instinctive, artists. I wanted to keep that alive in my day care friends.
We never used coloring books and I just made many kinds of art supplies available. As an artist, myself, I gave them instruction on composition, style, and lighting in their paintings.
We even put on an Art Show in my front yard once. I wanted them to have the whole experience. Public schools (during my time there) didn’t take art seriously IMHO. It seemed to actually interfere with the innate creativity every child has. I wanted MY kids to bloom and embrace a confident, personal, approach to creating art that they’d never forget.
I’m just going to load this post with photos of the Art Show but also many creative moments we all had. Enjoy!
First a slideshow of our Art Show followed by a stacked gallery of some really cool masterpieces!
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They have a right to be proud of their art work.
❤ absolutely!
Fabulous! 😍
What fun it was! Thanks!
The paintings are fantastic! Love the ducklings!
Thanks so much! The girls created their paintings from photos we found online. They did an extraordinary job!
I’ll say, and then some! Wonderful.
Amazing talent for those so young…or any one of any age.
Their natural ability and eagerness to ‘just do it’ made them excellent students. Sometimes I think adults underestimate kids. Thanks for commenting!