Valuing All Kinds of Art
Thoughts for the Week:
Everyone's art is unique!
Different people find different ways of expressing who they are and how they
feel. That's why it helps to expose children to many art forms and let them
find one that's best for them. When we offer a variety of materials and
applaud their efforts, children develop good feelings about themselves. Our
ideas of what we create are part of who we are inside. Children find
encouragement for their creativity when we show them we value the process of
creating art as well as the final project.
Young children often don't have the
words to tell us what they feel, but they can show us those feelings by the
pictures they draw or the stories they create. Children's art can also tell us
something about what they know. As children come to know their world better,
their art becomes more and more realistic. But even when children create the
same "thing," each one is different -- because each person looks at
things differently.
-- Fred Rogers
Summary of the Week:
Bravo to all kinds of artists this week --
musicians, potters, sculptors, artists, dancers, videographers and more.
Mister Rogers helps children enjoy and appreciate the talent of artists -- and
their discipline and dedication. "One of the greatest arts is the art of
appreciation!" says Fred Rogers.
In the Neighborhood of
Make-Believe, the neighbors are planning an Arts Festival, but there are
jealous and hurt feelings when Lady Elaine declares herself the judge --
insisting on only one kind of art.
