Nature Art

02/27/2018

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"Creating art with nature is distinctively different from the traditional arts and crafts project," write Sandra Duncan and Jody Martin in their popular new book, Bringing the Outside In: Ideas for Creating Nature-Based Classroom Experiences for Young Children. "Art is an expression of children's thoughts, emotions, and their understandings of the way the world works. With nature art, children use the elements of the Earth to tell their stories – it is about the process and the journey of creating with nature so that the children’s artwork can never be replicated.

"Conversely, traditional classroom arts and crafts projects are more interested in a tangible output or replicated end product, which in most instances, means every child's work looks pretty much the same as everyone else's."

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