Nurturing Children In The Visual Arts Naturally, New Book

“Cultivate Creativity”

Newest up-to-date Visual Art Method Book For Children

Hi, I’m Spramani Elaun working mom and earth-friendly art teacher behind Nature of Art For Kids®. Creative Art Director turned homeschooling mommy/art teacher turned author. I founded my own art school and art supply company all in a very natural way. Because of my unique experience and proven natural art method for children I share these ideas in my new books and quality earth-friendly art supply sales and blog.

The most up-to-date information on children learning visual arts!

Proven visual art method for young children. This book is devoted entirely to children and their relationship to the visual arts. Parents, teachers and caregivers interested in nurturing visual arts will be better prepared to do so by reading this book.

• Understand how children develop art skills

• Exciting link to visual perception & art skills

• 7 principles guide

• Art project framework planning

• Free website links to blogs, art projects & art supply reviews

• Age recommendation phase guide

Spramani Elaun has nurtured visual art lessons to thousands of children. She is founder of Nature of Art For Kids® Art School, Earth-friendly Non-toxic paint manufacture, Colour Blocks™ – The original square block recycled crayon company & Kids Zone venues across the West Coast.

Book Excerpts:

Part 1. Journey to Discovery

Opening Page

To a young child, exploring through play is simply natural. Children collect knowledge and gain a sense of their physical world through their senses of seeing, smelling, tasting, touching, and hearing. The excitement a child experiences while dipping a brush in paint and creating strokes of colour is a curious mixture of the senses! Visual art exploration is a natural way for children to explore and learn and it can come in many forms: doodling, painting, colour, sculpting, crafting, and many other visual art forms.

Many books have been written on the subject of teaching visual arts to children, which use traditional fine art to facilitate lessons. This s not that type of book. Here, I offer a new way of teaching visual arts. This new way of thinking will open your eyes to a child’s natural creative abilities. The Nature of Art For Kids® Methodology and proven method is based on these ideas: 1) Freely allowing a child to use intuitive thinking while making art, 2) Allowing ideas and creative expression to develop with abilities appropriate to each child’s developmental stage, 3) Not disturbing the curious evolution a child undergoes while exploring, and 4) Not burdening a child with adult ideology about how to be creative.

Part one of this book will take you through the journey how I came to the conclusion young children should learn visual arts naturally, part two will explain why and how to nurture visual arts.

Why should visual arts be part of a young child’s life? Making art is a natural way to communicate. Emotions can be expressed during the process of making art or the final message in artwork. From a beginning idea to a completed art project, the process is good for a child to experience. Visual Arts is a great way to explore a child’s creativity. Our physical earth and daily life is a bounty of colorus and light, art is a great way to explore colour. Art making provides limitless colour and form. Making art is a great way a child can develop fine motor skills. Visual Arts can bridge a child to the natural world. Visual Arts in a young child’s life can be positive for healthy growth.

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