I have received a number of questions from readers of the blog and friends on Facebook about my new book, Time to Create: Hands On Explorations in Process Art for Young Children, and thought it made sense to share the answers here for everyone. I know how much harder it can be to make purchasing […]
I am an artist
A recent conversation with my five year old; “Mummy, I am an artist.” “What makes you say that?” “Because I have all of the good ideas.” This as she was spontaneously fingerpainting the bricks underneath our patio with watercolours. I often wonder when it is exactly that we lose that confidence as artists that children […]
The Time to Create is Now!
As many of you know my first book, Time to Create: Hands On Explorations in Process Art for Young Children, was recently published by Gryphon House. Today I am excited to share that the book is going on tour! Over the next few weeks, Time to Create will be featured on a series of blogs from all around the […]
An Ordinary Mum on an Extraordinary Day
I am amazed at how often the extraordinary seems to happen on my most ordinary of days. Like the day I found out that I would be going to Singapore as Childhood 101 had been selected as one of five finalists for Nuffnang’s Best Parenting Blog Award, or the moment I found out Art Not […]