Growing genius through artfulness
Have any of you tried to meditate before? Have you ever tried it with children? It can be quite tricky to achieve as you use borrowed time to convince them to sit still and listen to the CD/or story. I can manage about 5 minutes but after that my mind wanders off on a myriad [...]
I will always remember the day my 2 year old wanted to do some painting. Being a ‘good’ mother I had many different art materials on hand and dutifully set up the easel, papered it, smocked him up, collected the muffin tin we were using as a paint tray, gathered the brushes, squeezed out 4 [...]
When I ran the ARTrox Imagination Station I was always amazed at the fantastic ideas that children developed on their own. Children had access to junk modelling, cellotape, glue sticks, glitter, paper punches, patterned and plain scissors and various other scraps and collage materials. Whenever I collected bits and pieces I had wonderful ideas for [...]
