Reflecting
June 14, 2023 | Kristen Jordan
As we near the end of our year, children have done new self-portrait drawings, an important part of our artistic and learning process at Mustard Seed. Drawing yourself is probably the most special observational drawing you can do! Children look carefully and closely at themselves as they draw, paying very careful attention as they try to include many details in their drawings.
“Look at my freckles! I have a lot here!”
“There are lines on my lips.”
“My hair has curls here.”
When completed, children reflect on the work they have done, and also view their drawings next to the self-portrait they did at the beginning of the school year. It is a great way for them to consider how they have grown, changed and developed as artists and people, over the course of a few months. They love admiring their own work, and their classmates’ work.
Children who have been here more than just this year have also had the opportunity to see how much they have grown since they began their preschool time here, a year or two ago.
Development takes place so rapidly during these preschool years that the changes and growth are often remarkable. It is such a joyful gift for children to be able to see and reflect upon their own learning and growth.
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