Two of our Elementary School school teachers, Minoti S. And Padmini M., took part in a 6-day training to integrate art into the learning curriculum conducted by Art Sparks. The workshop focused on teaching problem solving, observational skills, and collaboration through art. They are now implementing these action-based lesson plans with their children. Some of the aspects they worked on are:

• exploring materials

• child development in visual arts

• introduction to art education

• robust art teaching methodology

• using different materials like paint, clay, collage paper, hybrid animals made out of chart paper

• self-portraits through the integration of flexible thinking through exploration

• using detailed observation