| Every child is born with a creative potential and art | | | | motivates a child to learn, by facilitating understanding |
| being the most natural and delightful expression helps a | | | | and stimulating memory. |
| kid to just encash on that, providing each one of us | | | | Art being a natural vehicle for play instills in the child a |
| with a key to a child's growth and development. | | | | spirit of collaboration and helps in developing perception, |
| Research on creativity documents that when children | | | | articulating a visionary perspective, building self |
| begin school, their level of creativity is evident and | | | | confidence and fostering necessary values; generating |
| flourishing, but by the time they reach the fourth grade | | | | self discipline. It refines a child's cognitive skills, |
| they become less playful and less ready to take risks | | | | enhances symbolic representation and spatial acuity |
| and explore. This trend continues throughout school | | | | leading to an acceleration in scholastic grades and |
| into adulthood. Therefore, it is utmost necessary for us | | | | overall academic achievement. |
| to timely encourage children towards creative pursuits, | | | | Drawing and painting fosters divergent thinking and |
| training them towards aesthetic discovery. | | | | develops in them a sense of appreciation, patience, |
| As so rightly stated by UNESCO, "The | | | | tolerance and the tact to manage emotions leading to |
| encouragement of creativity from an early age is one | | | | a sound mind and a healthy body. |
| of the best guarantees of growth in a healthy | | | | The American survey 2001 reveals that: |
| environment of self esteem and mutual respect- critical | | | | - 91% of the respondents believe that art is vital to a |
| ingredients for building a culture of peace." | | | | well rounded education. |
| It is time for us to realize that each work of Art that | | | | - 95% believe that it fosters creativity, self expression |
| a child produces, narrates a story about a child's | | | | and individualism. |
| physical, emotional and psychological life, helping him | | | | - 96% believe it should be incorporated in the school |
| explore his memory and navigate into his world of | | | | curriculum. |
| dreams and fantasy. | | | | Children's Art to a parent is the key to a child's |
| Art is considered to be one of the most effective | | | | imagination; to an educator it is a tool for instilling |
| medium to get to the inner being of children, in a way | | | | learning and to a psychologist it is a way to explore |
| that language cannot do. Dabbling with color provides a | | | | the hidden treasures of the child's mind. |
| child with a safe and conducive environment to | | | | Therefore it is our foremost duty to encourage |
| express the most painful experiences with ease, using | | | | creativity by taking out time with a child's creation and |
| their sense modalities. Indulging in creative pursuits not | | | | showing respect towards his aesthetic ability. |
| only develops a sense of craftsmanship but also | | | | |