Creative play: In praise of getting messy

If your Mother’s Day flower looked more like a squashed bug or you thought that cardboard Easter bunny your pre-schooler bought home was a bunyip, that’s OK, in fact, top marks.

Early childhood educators say there is too much pressure on young children to replicate craft activities that say more about their parents’ egos and less about learning the mechanics of paint and paper or expressing their creativity.  Full article

 

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