Provide a range of materials; expose
students to new materials routinely.
Offer a visually and spatially rich
environment in which students can interact
with materials.
Look at art with students in addition to
making art.
Adults should not insist on “decoding”
images in terms of the presence of things
and objects. At early stages, drawings are
often not meant to be representational, but
rather are records of movement.
Young students can use sketchbooks.
“[V]oluntary drawings offer children a form
of engagement in art-making which is
different from that which they experience in
lessons initiated by the teacher.”
Offer multiple activities simultaneously, so
students can move from one to another if
their attention for the first exploration
begins to wane.
Design experiences for children that are
focused on the exploration and creative
manipulation of materials. These
explorations do not always need to be
geared toward the creation of a finished
product.