Can you believe it's almost the end of the year? In art, that means it's time to take home those big art portfolios! Your children have created some amazing work this year! Take time to look through their art and ask them about it. Not sure what to ask? Here is some great ideas from "The Artful Parent", one of my favorite art education blogs:
HOW TO TALK TO KIDS ABOUT THEIR ART
DO
- ASK them to tell you about their artwork
- COMMENT on the lines or colors, etc. that they are using (I see that you are making lots of purple dots. I like how the red paint is mixing with the yellow paint here.)
- ACKNOWLEDGE how hard (carefully, enthusiastically, long) they worked on their artwork
DON’T
- Ask “What is that?”
- Say an automatic “That’s pretty” (cool, beautiful)
Be sure and look for your child's artwork to come home this week or next!