Ms. Barbie is amazing with the children as she guides them to create their masterpieces. She then displays the finished projects through the school which instills confidence and self-esteem. Wee Little Arts is the absolute best art education class offered. We are looking forward to our son learning from Ms. Barbie next year.

As alternative activities, we suggest creating a noncompetitive environment where your children can express themselves with art projects. These projects require focus and help children develop concentration skills. It’s an excellent solution to the distractions mentioned above. Not to mention the fact that it allows them to be creative, imaginative, and inventive. After all, art is the key to opening up a child’s mind. So here are some recommendations for an art-friendly home:

Create a story with art. Tell Dora the Explorer to take a hike and put Harry Potter back on the shelf. Instead, find a book of paintings to show your child before bed. Create a narrative about a work of art that explains the colors, shapes, and feelings that the work portrays. Encourage your child to think about those things when they create their own art.

Collaborate on an art project with your child. Not only will the bonding experience add quality time to your day, but it will also show your child grown ups are still learning and see the world from their own unique perspective.

Set up a specific area of the house that can be used as an art corner or studio, even if it is one end of the kitchen table. This way, the child knows that they have a special place to go where it is okay to be creative with markers, paint, clay, and more. Not to mention, it should save you from discovering a mural in your hallway.

Art is more than just markers and crayons. Provide your child with “real” art supplies like oils, pastels, and watercolors. They’ll make a wonderful addition to your collection of art supplies and broaden their artistic horizons.

Set-up a still-life scene with objects from your child’s day-to-day life and encourage them to recreate it on canvas or construction paper. Begin in pencil, discuss shapes as you go and layer other media like paint or glitter to add color and texture. Example?

Fight the urge to say very nice. When your child finishes a piece of artwork, pick out something very specific you like about the creation. Comment on a color choice, use of perspective, a unique subject or some other defining characteristics to encourage conversation. as“”
Look for art in the world and share what you find appealing with your child. It will inspire them to embark on a similar journey and let them know that art is more than an activity; it’s an essential part of life.

Ok! I just received the curriculum book and I am so excited. I am on my way out to dinner with Tom and can’t just sit right now to go through it all but I sneaked a peak with the thumb drive key, a smile broke out on my face when I saw you teaching, there is something so reassuring about you. I love my job!! I just hope I can do it justice. I showed my lawyer brother (visiting from Miami) some of the children’s work and he visited at the end of one of my classes. As we were walking out he said, “If only everyone could find the kind of happiness you have found this would be a wonderful world”.

Thank you so much Melissa. Say hello to my friend Michael and the rest of the crew.

Love Marie

We allow people to take charge of their future. With all the school budget cuts, furloughs, and loss of jobs across the nation, now is a perfect opportunity for someone to get paint on their hands and make a difference in their life, in children’s lives and in art education. By helping preschoolers unleash the creativity from within, owners/instructors encounter day to day rewarding and refreshing experiences. It is for that reason we want to share our program, making it available and easily implemented for others to teach around the nation. Together we can change the world.  Are you ready?

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She was so excited when we arrived. The first piece we saw wasn’t even on the list you provided, it just caught her eye as we were going through one gallery. She reminded me that she had studied this artist last year (and I actually have her rendering hanging in my office). She was even able to tell me how Jackson Pollock “layered” his paint. As I am a complete novice in an art gallery, I was so proud that she was describing things to me. The highlight of our visit to MOMA was when I asked a concierge for directions to a gallery and I explained that we had flown up from South Carolina and my daughter was in a fine art class and we were looking for specific pieces that she studied. The concierge insisted she was not going to let Mary Catherine miss the Van Gogh exhibit. I told her we weren’t able to see the exhibit as it was on a timed tickets, which conflicted with our plans. She took us straight to the exhibit as her special guest so Mary Catherine could see the “Starry Night”.

What a thrill for both of us. Again, you are doing amazing work with your program and I wish you continued success.