YOU MAY NOTICE THAT YOUR CHILD: • concentrates on one activity up to 30 minutes or more. • needs multi-step or complex instructions to be broken down into parts. Child feels need to achieve mastery before moving forward. • needs to experience moderate challenges and successes. • learns well through hands-on activities. • recognizes outlines and color as the primary means to representing persons, places, and things in their art. ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD: • To fill the drawing page by asking relevant questions in response to their drawing. Say things like, “I see a picture of you! Can you add anything to the picture to show me where you are standing?” “You added grass, so you are outside! What else did you see while you were there? Can you put that in your picture?” • To develop their own symbolic language. If asked to draw for them… Say things like, “No, but we CAN look at that tree together and see how the branches connect to the trunk…” Using verbal description helps children to understand what they see. If you draw, do so on your own piece of paper. • By offering praise and approval of their art, rather than critique or “helpful” correction. Say things like, “I notice that you drew buttons on the jacket and Daddy is wearing his new plaid shirt. You really noticed a lot of details!” ENGAGE YOUR CHILD BY: • teaching them how to depict an art “theme.” Tell your child that artists draw the things they love and care about. Your child keeps things they love, their toys and personal items, in their bedroom. Ask your child to choose two items and set them on a table. Provide paper and crayons, markers, or paint. Ask your child to make a picture of “My favorite things” while looking at the objects they’ve chosen.
©2024 BRENDA ABBEY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Made with FlippingBook Digital Proposal Creator