Today's post is about learning the art of the artful conversation and
how to talk with your child about their artwork.
We are entering our fourth week of art at home.
Most likely, your child has made a few things for art. Now what?
When a child shows us their artwork,
most of us don't really know what to say beyond
some words of praise. "How nice!" "Very cute." "Lovely." "Good job!"
Today's post is about how to extend the conversation.
Working with the Studio Thinking framework we can flesh out some ways to talk about art that
promote learning.
As an art educator, I have often wondered about these two questions:
1. How do we encourage children to reflect on their artwork?
2. How can this reflection lead to deeper learning?
A few of my choice-based colleagues have shared their approaches over the years.
I've adopted this simple framework in our art program at WCS.
I am sharing it with you today because it might help you have more
meaningful conversations with your child about the things they make.
It's called T.A.G. which stands for:
Tell what You notice.
Ask a question,
Give a suggestion.
These three prompts encourage us to organize our response by the following--
1. Look closely and describe what you see.
2. Probe a little deeper by sharing out loud what you wonder about.
3. Think about how this experience might lead to the next steps in learning. Remember that these are
just suggestions. example "If you were to do this again, how would you do it differently?"
Now, let's practice! Give it a try with these photo of an art project that was recently sent to me by one
of our Williams-Cone School families.
I hope you have fun exploring artful seeing and the art of the artful conversation with your child(ren)! As always, I love to hear from our Williams-Cone families.
Ms. Brooks April 5, 2020
how to talk with your child about their artwork.
We are entering our fourth week of art at home.
Most likely, your child has made a few things for art. Now what?
When a child shows us their artwork,
most of us don't really know what to say beyond
some words of praise. "How nice!" "Very cute." "Lovely." "Good job!"
Today's post is about how to extend the conversation.
Working with the Studio Thinking framework we can flesh out some ways to talk about art that
promote learning.
As an art educator, I have often wondered about these two questions:
1. How do we encourage children to reflect on their artwork?
2. How can this reflection lead to deeper learning?
A few of my choice-based colleagues have shared their approaches over the years.
I've adopted this simple framework in our art program at WCS.
I am sharing it with you today because it might help you have more
meaningful conversations with your child about the things they make.
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| O and Em getting started. |
Tell what You notice.
Ask a question,
Give a suggestion.
These three prompts encourage us to organize our response by the following--
1. Look closely and describe what you see.
2. Probe a little deeper by sharing out loud what you wonder about.
3. Think about how this experience might lead to the next steps in learning. Remember that these are
just suggestions. example "If you were to do this again, how would you do it differently?"
Now, let's practice! Give it a try with these photo of an art project that was recently sent to me by one
of our Williams-Cone School families.
I hope you have fun exploring artful seeing and the art of the artful conversation with your child(ren)! As always, I love to hear from our Williams-Cone families.
Ms. Brooks April 5, 2020
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| Stained Glass with blue tape removed. O is in 2nd and Em is a K student at WCS. |
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| Stained glass window painting by O and Em with blue tape. |
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