Exploration...

Exploration...

There is a world to be touched, tasted, and smelled. There are objects to push, pull, and grasp. It is a time for making marks, for clenching the art tool tightly in the fist and moving it round and round, back and forth with the whole arm and body. It is a movement for exuberantly slapping and poking clay or tentatively touching wet finger paint. It is exploring actions and reactions. No matter tha age, all artists need to discover the possibilities and the limintations of their media. To make room for exploration, provide ample freedom and time to explore art materials in the safe, wll organized surroundings.

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Information from "growing artists, teaching art to young children" by Joan Bouza Koster.