Children are naturally full of artistic cells. When they are still learning how to speak, they can convey their knowledge of the vast world on paper through colored brushes. Images and pictures that appear in their eyes and minds are displayed on paper. Although they look messy, if you communicate with your children carefully, you can experience the truest feelings in their works. So as educators, what kind of art education should we give our children? How can we give children the artistic inspiration they need most?

Of course, we should start with the importance and necessity of art education.

19 19 years ago, that is, nearly a century ago, Mr. Cai Yuanpei proposed that "citizens with advanced culture should popularize art education since they implement science education." 65438-0967 Professor nelson goodman of Harvard University founded the "Zero Project" theory and research institution, advocated the cognitive way of artistic thinking, promoted the dialogue between science and art, and created a campus life centered on art education. With the development of the times, people are more and more aware of the importance of art for the development of human culture to a higher level.

Art education helps children to form meticulous thinking and learning ability. Through artistic edification and understanding of beauty, children are interested in the elements, techniques, materials and spaces used in artistic works, and then through the observation of works of various artistic styles, comparative study and living habits are formed, so that artistic education can be fed back into our lives. For other disciplines to learn and absorb nutrients.

So what is the soul of art education?

The cultivation of creativity is the soul of art education. In today's pluralistic society, the ultimate goal of art education is not to cultivate a "craftsman", but to cultivate optimistic, confident, keen, healthy and creative young people. In the process of children's art teaching, it is very beneficial to plan courses to cultivate creativity and promote children to share their hands, brains, eyes and other organs in activities. At the same time, it can also improve children's comprehensive artistic ability, which is their creativity.