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Speak to your child of SUDAN

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When I was 9 years old my parents moved to Kenya, in Africa. It was an impressionable age for a child to move countries and I was struck by the amazing stories Africa had to offer, literally. Once we settled in we’d heard a lot about two things – the Big 5 and the great Rift Valley. For the story of this post I’ll take you through the Big 5, we’ll leave the rift valley for another time. As most Indian families in the late eighties / nineties we had barely travelled except to visit family in other cities and … Continue reading Speak to your child of SUDAN

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Creating the right spaces to explore colour

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As the school bus drew to stop in front of me, on one of the days I was waiting to pick up my elder son from school, I couldn’t see his familiar frame near the bus steps ready to alight. I realized he was still sitting and refused to leave the bus even when the caretaker called out to him, when he finally came down he was upset, crying and basically had no hold on his emotions. When we got home I gave him some papers and for the first time handed him the fevicol glue stick and told him … Continue reading Creating the right spaces to explore colour

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Invitation to Create

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Prompts, invitation to play / create / art are common phrases for open ended set ups that kids can discover and use the way they would like to. The prompt includes materials, medium, cutouts, moulds etc that can guide kids in their play with the provided prompt but does not define what they do with it. For example when setting up a clay prompt you can provide moulds and rollers but not define what the child should do with it. These open ended invitations allow kids to explore and have some fun with these materials, although more often than not … Continue reading Invitation to Create

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One dot, two dots, three dots, more dots art

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In looking to find simple, easy ways for my pre-schooler and toddler to work together on art, pointilism or dot art by The Artful Parent gave us a great start. Paints, especially water colours are one of our favourite art media mainly because the colours are so rich, a little bit goes a long way, it offers a lot of great colour options and cleans fast. Q-tips or buds are fun as both my 4 and 1 year old could hold them easily and the strokes were strong and bold. All that you need for this art activity are Paints … Continue reading One dot, two dots, three dots, more dots art