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Nature Art
February 27, 2018
Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.
-Eileen Caddy
-Eileen Caddy
"Creating art with nature is distinctively different from the traditional arts and crafts project," write Sandra Duncan and Jody Martin in their popular new book, Bringing the Outside In: Ideas for Creating Nature-Based Classroom Experiences for Young Children. "Art is an expression of children's thoughts, emotions, and their understandings of the way the world works. With nature art, children use the elements of the Earth to tell their stories – it is about the process and the journey of creating with nature so that the children’s artwork can never be replicated.
"Conversely, traditional classroom arts and crafts projects are more interested in a tangible output or replicated end product, which in most instances, means every child's work looks pretty much the same as everyone else's."
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Displaying 1 CommentGallup, New Mexico, United States
"Conversely, traditional classroom arts and crafts projects are more interested in a tangible output or replicated end product, which in most instances, means every child's work looks pretty much the same as everyone else's."
Criticism of public schools: if an idea is valid of its own accord, criticizing someone else is unnecessary. Also, comparing apples and oranges. They're both good. Finally, everything looking the same is not an outcome in a well run art classroom.
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