This is the first series of articles with videos to come that addresses this question. What do you do with your children’s school artwork?
I have two children and between them I’ve gathered heaps of school artworks. I keep them until they become a pile like this. Do you have heaps of your children’s school artwork? What do you do with them?
When my son moved from year six to high school, I became sentimental and started looking through his school artwork. Hidden within it, I discovered gems which meant a lot to him, ones he’d ask me to keep. Plus I’ve found written notes from classmates, poems he had written as well as written reflections, showing a gentle kind soul. And I wanted to create meaningful memories for him to look back on his childhood growing years. Creating a future memory can be a great reminder of how remarkably creative and talented he is. So I chose to scan the artworks that caught my attention which I can now use to create videos as well as Photobooks.
Do you know your children’s school artworks, reveal a lot about their personality as well as their talents?
Search for the Talents in Your Children’s School Artwork
Have you noticed that in school, they don’t teach us to follow our dreams? Why? Because they focus on building academic capabilities or strengthening caliber, so individuals can fit into society instead of developing moral character.
And parents .. yes you .. don’t let the system raise our children to artificially fit in. Nurture your children to be creative, to use their imaginations and teach them to dream. Do you want your children to become a product of society? There is a whole wide world of pure limitless potential within them, waiting to be discovered. Show them the way …
Let’s look deeper into these natural skills we call talents to understand what they reveal about our children’s character.
My children often tell me exactly what they wish to keep. They’ve created a memory, an attachment to their favorite works. How do you choose what to keep? Let’s consider these three suggestions with choosing children’s school artworks.
1. Choose Their Favorite Artworks
These mask were made by my son in Italian classes, from Year 4 to 6. He loves them because he put in much effort and energy into it’s creation. Can you see his artistic expression, his joy of bringing an idea into reality? He wants to keep them, a memory created by him.
In my next article, in this series on children’s school artwork, I will show you what I do with these masks in a video.
2. Choose Unusual Artworks
Unusual artworks often captures my attention as keepsake because I get the opportunity to share my views as bonding time with my children. I enjoy these special moments to share with them my appreciation of their natural abilities.
Remember, these artworks show their skills, it represents your children’s strengths. When skills are fully developed, it can become their future vocation, their working profession in life. Keeping these unusual artworks helps develop reflections of childhood years. Like a quest that leads them to a purpose or a mission.
3. Keep their Dreams Alive
When you were young, what is the one thing you loved doing that made you feel alive? I loved daydreaming, listening and watching music videos, dancing and writing poetry in my journal. My mum kept all my journals and it become treasures I reached into to discover who I am.
At some point in life, when we grow older, we reminisce forgotten memories from our childhood. This is where we as parents hold the keys to keep their dreams alive. Those artworks are glimmers of your children’s passion, it’s what made them feel alive and happy.
Create a Future Memory
When we are born, we rely on our parents’ to guide us as we grew into the person we were meant to be. Parents, you hold in your hands a miracle of life and how they develop and grow will depend on how you allow them to express themselves in all they do. Give them the opportunity to discover who they are, your children’s school artwork holds mysteries that can inspire and teach them to be true to themselves.
When you create a future memory, you help them remember their full potential before the external environment conditioning begins.
The First Steps
Go through your children’s school artwork, organise and sort them into piles to keep and throw. Trust me, your children will love you for keeping their dreams alive and perhaps pass on this secret with the next generation. Raising children these days can be a challenge but they come with amazing rewards.
Keep a lookout for the next article or video in this series of What do you do with your children’s school artwork? I’ll show you how to store the following.
- How to store achievement medals
- How to create a Kindi to Year 6 Photobook
- Ideas for school activities in videos
- It’s your turn now to take action. All the b
It’s your turn now to take action. All the best! Alison
