I love this article because as a teacher I became acutely aware of how quickly childhood wonder and confidence and love of art turns into doubt and fear and loss of confidence. I’m not quite sure how it happens and it made me sad that my older students lost the childlike joy of creating. I spent my entire career trying to convince them otherwise.
Thanks so much for this! It must be so disheartening to see that doubt and fear happening in real time. I imagine so much of it has to be about brain development. But it is so sad and I wish I could channel it more spontaneously than I'm able.
I am not quite at what age it starts happening but I do know it is also the comments they hear from their parents . I would hear this from them all the time “My Mom said she can’t draw stick figures so I can’t draw either “. So I would try to get them to do exactly what you are doing with this wonderful teacher you have and find the joy in just playing with a variety of materials . Kudos to you for doing this with your son .
I love this article because as a teacher I became acutely aware of how quickly childhood wonder and confidence and love of art turns into doubt and fear and loss of confidence. I’m not quite sure how it happens and it made me sad that my older students lost the childlike joy of creating. I spent my entire career trying to convince them otherwise.
Thanks so much for this! It must be so disheartening to see that doubt and fear happening in real time. I imagine so much of it has to be about brain development. But it is so sad and I wish I could channel it more spontaneously than I'm able.
I am not quite at what age it starts happening but I do know it is also the comments they hear from their parents . I would hear this from them all the time “My Mom said she can’t draw stick figures so I can’t draw either “. So I would try to get them to do exactly what you are doing with this wonderful teacher you have and find the joy in just playing with a variety of materials . Kudos to you for doing this with your son .
Oh totally! Actually there was a new Bluey episode that focused on this exactly!! So good.
https://www.bluey.tv/watch/season-3/dragon/
I try, but also I should probably be more mindful about what I say about my own drawing prowess.
Thanks for the link . I will pass it on to my daughter 🥰
Of course I love this! ❤️🎨
And I love that it has us texting all the time 😘