Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 1/20/2006 9:04:00 AM Author: Barb (bjliben1386@aol.com) Subject: I have had a problem in the past with so... I have had a problem in the past with some of my staff doing most of the art projects for the children. They wanted them to all look the same! It is difficult, especially with teachers who have worked in centers a long time, to get them to stop doing that. A child doesn't learn to use scissors if the teacher does all the cutting. So what if it isn't perfect....it is their work. I had an art teacher in college tell us that once you touch a child's work, it is no longer theirs. With young children, the process is more important than the product. I like messy art! Last spring while doing a unit on mud, the preschool painted with mud on paper taped to the playground fence. They then used that for background for their unit on frogs. They also got to play in watered down chocolate pudding to get the feel of mud squishing between their toes! Yes, it was messy, but the parents knew several days before and dressed their children in very old clothes. I wish I had more staff willing to think outside the box when doing activities with the children. Name: Email: Subject

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