YOU MAY NOTICE THAT YOUR CHILD: • concentrates on one activity for 5-15 minutes. • follows simple instructions. • learns by putting things into simple categories. • benefits from repetition. • learns through engaging the five senses. • is beginning to see the connection between the lines and shapes that they draw and the physical world they live in. ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD: • when showing them how to use the tools of art. Say things like, “Help the scissors do its best work for you by holding it with your thumb up.” • to let them know they have created something that you value. Say things like, “Your picture makes me happy. Can we hang it on the wall so that we can share it with others?” • by expressing a compliment and inviting your child to tell their story. Say things like, “I love this blue color you chose. Can you tell me more about your picture?” ENGAGE YOUR CHILD BY: • visiting a zoo, museum, aquarium, harvest festival, or construction zone to see big equipment in action. • inviting them to join in a hobby such as gardening, skating, boating, pet grooming, kite-flying, or baking. • taking a short walk to observe one aspect of nature (trees, trucks, houses, leaves). Sharpen visual skills by finding, naming, and comparing. Your child has seen, heard, smelled, and touched a part of their world after an activity, and can bring these experiences to their art. Provide paper and art materials: crayons, markers, or watercolors. Ask your child to make a picture of what they see or remember. Examples: “Mommy and me baking chocolate chip cookies” or “An animal that I saw at the zoo today” or “Cars I saw on my walk.”
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