Children have their own eyes. They each see what is around them in their own way. Given materials, opportunity and encouragement they can produce images which capture their own unique experience of what they see. They have the potential to be artists, at the time they are children and not merely at some time in their futures. We should delight in their art.
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Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Turton Tower
One of our favourite school trips was to Turton Tower near Bolton in Lancashire, a wonderful old house that evolved as a family home over the course of more than 500 years. The staff there knew us well and allowed our children free run of the whole property, with plenty of time to sit, write, draw and soak up the atmosphere. (But no actual running!)
(For anyone interested, notes on the teaching approaches that helped children towards these outcomes are on the COMMENTARY PAGES of this blog.)
