Art promotes creativity and gives children freedom to explore and create as they experiment with squishing paint between their fingers, mixing colors and materials, or drawing from imagination or what they see in front of them.

It is an activity that can employ all the senses, sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste, depending on the activity.  It is a safe way for children to experience and reflect on the world around them and it allows children to share their thoughts and feelings in a creative way. 

Children absorb incredible amounts of new information, and they need to process what they have learned in a safe, reflective way. 

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Art allows them to explore feelings and deal with both daily and significant events. Art provides a safe outlet for emotions. Feelings and ideas that can be reduced to a manageable size and manipulated as desired. Movement, image, color, line, and imagination all help children express themselves in a multidimensional way—a way that words may not be able to do, or that may be more comfortable for them than words.

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When we encourage children to explore art we encourage them to master themselves.  As parents and teachers, we can offer an environment where it is safe to experiment and create, where questions are encouraged and children have free access to the materials they need and enjoy. We do this not to produce career artists but to raise children who are confident and comfortable with their creativity in whatever form in takes.