Housewives in Salt Lake City, UT have found that adding their own special touches to a piece of art for their home makes it a much more intriguing and personal item. This can happen when one embroiders a name onto a garment, or when one paints an item they purchased elsewhere. Hobby stores have noted this trend, and many not only sell the ceramic pieces, but also provide a place to paint pottery.
This is an excellent activity for a family to do together, as it not only allows them to share their own unique abilities, but it brings them all together in an activity that does not involve eating or television. Young children around the ages of 8 to 12 benefit by the act of concentrating on one activity for a long period of time, children around the ages of 3 to 8 are honing their fine-motor skills, and teenagers just like to be artistic and unique. Mom and Dad get bragging rights for the work their kids do, not to mention being such good parents to engage in this activity with their children at all.
Public schools are cutting out more electives these days, and forcing children to take only linear types of classes. Most people agree that the basic reading, writing, and arithmetic are very important lessons students should focus on. However, by removing the arts they are taking away what is, for some students, the only class they enjoy at all.
Because the more creative students do not learn well in a completely linear-styled environment, these students often drop out of school and never pursue much of a college education. This can become a total tragedy for the country. Many of these students do excel in art, science, literature, and music; and by removing these electives from the curriculum they simply give up on school completely.
Each year the numbers of students who drop out rather than graduate in the usual way becomes more and more nebulous. The frustrated students who do hang on till the end often do so because they are part of clubs in the school which allow them to pursue the arts still, or at least grant them understanding ears to hear them. The standardized testing system which was put in place during the 90s has been a sore subject for many creative-minded students because it requires them to have a learning style of rote memorization, which many do not possess.
What they are finding is that many of these activities may have been so poorly scheduled in schools so as to discourage students from taking it. By ramming in more classes, they can graduate others more quickly. By keeping standardized tests as part of their curriculum, teachers can focus all their attention to sending girls and boys off for "Creative education".
Creative education for most means special education where they may be granted a certificate of completion rather than a diploma. Most school districts have changed this tactic, but not all ? More than half of all public schools are still dumping students into special classes in order to help some students to avoid standardized tests, all so they can increase their overall test scores.
Parents who are still able to create, and wish their children to be able to do the same, are encouraged to look into these kiln studios as a way to help bring about a well-rounded education for their children. Without music and art, culture becomes far too much like Brave New World. There has to be a balance between what you have to learn and what you want to learn.
This is an excellent activity for a family to do together, as it not only allows them to share their own unique abilities, but it brings them all together in an activity that does not involve eating or television. Young children around the ages of 8 to 12 benefit by the act of concentrating on one activity for a long period of time, children around the ages of 3 to 8 are honing their fine-motor skills, and teenagers just like to be artistic and unique. Mom and Dad get bragging rights for the work their kids do, not to mention being such good parents to engage in this activity with their children at all.
Public schools are cutting out more electives these days, and forcing children to take only linear types of classes. Most people agree that the basic reading, writing, and arithmetic are very important lessons students should focus on. However, by removing the arts they are taking away what is, for some students, the only class they enjoy at all.
Because the more creative students do not learn well in a completely linear-styled environment, these students often drop out of school and never pursue much of a college education. This can become a total tragedy for the country. Many of these students do excel in art, science, literature, and music; and by removing these electives from the curriculum they simply give up on school completely.
Each year the numbers of students who drop out rather than graduate in the usual way becomes more and more nebulous. The frustrated students who do hang on till the end often do so because they are part of clubs in the school which allow them to pursue the arts still, or at least grant them understanding ears to hear them. The standardized testing system which was put in place during the 90s has been a sore subject for many creative-minded students because it requires them to have a learning style of rote memorization, which many do not possess.
What they are finding is that many of these activities may have been so poorly scheduled in schools so as to discourage students from taking it. By ramming in more classes, they can graduate others more quickly. By keeping standardized tests as part of their curriculum, teachers can focus all their attention to sending girls and boys off for "Creative education".
Creative education for most means special education where they may be granted a certificate of completion rather than a diploma. Most school districts have changed this tactic, but not all ? More than half of all public schools are still dumping students into special classes in order to help some students to avoid standardized tests, all so they can increase their overall test scores.
Parents who are still able to create, and wish their children to be able to do the same, are encouraged to look into these kiln studios as a way to help bring about a well-rounded education for their children. Without music and art, culture becomes far too much like Brave New World. There has to be a balance between what you have to learn and what you want to learn.
