Teach Your Kids How to Draw

A fun way to spend time with your childCompleting an art project at home is a great way to have fun with your child. For preschoolers, play is their work and art is a great form of play. Play is activity centered around using your imagination and creativity to make-believe. As you look at or create art your body releases endorphins which causes you to relax and enjoy your activity. Creating art at home is a great way to spend time with your child as you talk and explain the world...
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A fun way to spend time with your childCompleting an art project at home is a great way to have fun with your child. For preschoolers, play is their work and art is a great form of play. Play is activity centered around using your imagination and creativity to make-believe. As you look at or create art your body releases endorphins which causes you to relax and enjoy your activity. Creating art at home is a great way to spend time with your child as you talk and explain the world around them.Historical perspectiveFor the majority of history, art and craft was taught by parents as a way to make useful things for survival. In the Bible you can find numerous jobs relating to art such as: carpenter, embroider, architect, engraver, gardener, harpist, poet, potter, tent maker, and writer. These artisans (a worker in a skilled trade making things by hand) would use their creativity and hands to make something beautiful for others to use and enjoy. Formal art education wasn't seen in schools until after the industrial revolution in the 1920's. An organized education system was developed in response to a rise in promoting moral and civic virtue of society. This history shows how integral art is to the artist as well as to the greater good of the whole of society.Technology and distractionsAs you know children love games, movies, and cartoons. This media consumption used to be focused on the television but now we have more ways to watch and on an assortment of screen sizes. I agree technology makes things easier, faster, and sometimes less stressful. I also believe they make things more complicated and rob children of their creativity by giving them permission to be passive and entertained. I have seen a lot of drawing apps marketed to children that give a poor representation of drawing. Drawing is tactile and you need to feel, smell, and hear as you draw. This can never be replicated in a digital format.