I don't know about you but I have a creative child. He draws, writes, story tells and creates. He plays minecraft and creates these little worlds that are very specific in their purpose. "DAD! Don't do that in this world. That's not supposed to happen!" Is a frequent cry in the afternoon.
I find him rather fascinating at times with what he creates. I would love to be able to create more often with my child.
I will come up with marvelous ideas that I think might tickle his fancy.
Any thoughts on how often I am successful?
Well...absolutely NONE! Yes indeedy. I have learned something very important with my lad. If I can't sell the art as a way to tell a story, we have no art.
I find him rather fascinating at times with what he creates. I would love to be able to create more often with my child.
I will come up with marvelous ideas that I think might tickle his fancy.
Any thoughts on how often I am successful?
Well...absolutely NONE! Yes indeedy. I have learned something very important with my lad. If I can't sell the art as a way to tell a story, we have no art.
If I can find a story, I can create the art with my lad. I've learned that not finding the story means a sulky child that engages in the form of art without actually DOING the art. Finding the story... even if it's from a poem... and Voila! We have art.
We found these books at the library called "imagine a day". I would read the poem of the day to my lad and then we would each sit down and draw a picture of what the story told us. We had SO MUCH fun with these books. When we were done we would compare our pictures with the picture in the book. Sometimes we were quite similar to the book and to each other and other times we had good discussions on what we did and why.
We found these books at the library called "imagine a day". I would read the poem of the day to my lad and then we would each sit down and draw a picture of what the story told us. We had SO MUCH fun with these books. When we were done we would compare our pictures with the picture in the book. Sometimes we were quite similar to the book and to each other and other times we had good discussions on what we did and why.
Another day we worked with doing a fresca. This time I was unthinking and followed the instructions in the book about getting used to drawing with fresca by doing sample lines of colour on the material. Unhappy compliance and a negative speaking child... UNTIL I turned it into a story. What do you think might happen if we did a boat that would capsize? What would happen if we had a clan cat hunting for a mouse? This created a child using his love of storytelling to talk himself through using different colours and being willing to try different options.
It's taken us time to figure out how to make art part of our homeschooling days. And we've learned something really important. Art can make a story, a story. It can! It's adds depth and humour and colour. So we need a story to create art, and art can make a story better. :)
So tell me something, how do you do art in your homeschool? Do your children happily engage in any art opportunities that you offer them? Or are they more like my creative one... needing a reason to try something new in to make it okay?
So tell me something, how do you do art in your homeschool? Do your children happily engage in any art opportunities that you offer them? Or are they more like my creative one... needing a reason to try something new in to make it okay?
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