by Liisa Hale | Apr 30, 2018 | Art, Pedagogy, Resources
The teacher sets out different colors of paint in several low dishes, then puts out a dish of rolling tools: a plastic pizza cutter, a small wheel off a plastic car, a small plastic paint roller, a large marble. Today the children can experiment with moving paint onto...
by Claire Bainer and Liisa Hale | Aug 16, 2017 | Art, Publications, Resources
From “The Bridge to School: Aligning Teaching with Development for Ages Four to Six” by Claire Bainer, Liisa Hale, and Gayle Myers. The book is available here and use the discount code FLR40 for 20% off. Skills Learned While Painting For some time now...
by Claire Bainer | Aug 16, 2017 | Art, Resources
The developmental progression in children’s paintings Between the ages of 2 to age 5 ½ preschool children, between 32”inches and 45’’ inches tall , children of every size, shape and walk of life; paint. They face a blank sheet of paper 24” inches high and 18” inches...
by Claire Bainer and Liisa Hale | Jul 17, 2017 | Art, Resources
By thoughtfully setting up, supervising, and teaching procedures, the teacher can provide the children with a large selection of art supplies from which they may freely choose, use, and return to the shelf. Below you’ll find some guides for appropriate materials...
by Claire Bainer and Liisa Hale | Apr 1, 2017 | Art, Banner, Parents
A quality education, by definition, enriches and expands thought processes beyond predictable, concrete memorization and reasoning into the abstract, creative realms, thus expanding knowledge and enriching one’s overall life experience. For example, bilingual people...
