Chapter 6
Creativity: Art &
Music
When bringing you a “creation,” however simple or strange,
a child is unconsciously saying, “Here is a part of myself I
am giving you.”
Al traer una "creación", sin embargo simple o extraña, un niño
inconscientemente está diciendo: "aquí está una parte de mí te voy
a dar."
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Art, Music and Movement
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Music and art are languages
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Música y el arte son idiomas
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A means of communication
 Un
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A developmentally appropriate classroom
will weave art, music and movement into
the daily curriculum
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
medio de comunicación
Un aula apropiado tejerá arte, música y
movimiento en el currículo diario
Should be a focused part of the day and
also be integrated with other content
areas
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Art, Music and Movement
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Debe ser enfocada parte del día y también
puede integrarse con otras áreas de
contenido
Art, music and movement activities
nurture the development of minds,
bodies, emotions, and language
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Actividades de arte, música y movimiento
de fomentar el desarrollo de mentes,
cuerpos, emociones y lenguaje
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Infant & Toddler
Developmental Stages in Art
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Sensory experience
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Consider safety and appropriateness of
materials
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Experiensas sensoriales
Considerar la seguridad y la conveniencia de
los materiales
Children use entire bodies to interact with
art materials

Los niños usan cuerpos enteros para
interactuar con los materiales de arte
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Infant & Toddler
Developmental Stages in Art
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Enjoyment comes from exploration
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Transitions to and from art activities are
important
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Transiciones hacia y desde las actividades
artísticas son importantes
Flexibility is needed both inside and outside
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Disfrute proviene de exploración
Se necesita flexibilidad tanto dentro como
fuera de
Scribbling begins early

Hacer garabatos empieza temprano
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Children’s Developmental
Stages in Art
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Preschoolers, pre-kindergartners, and
kindergartners
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Kellogg’s “20 Basic Scribbles”
 Placement
 Shape
and design stage
 Pictorial

stage
Child creates in order to make sense of world
 Niño

stage
crea para hacer sentido del mundo
May tear up art work while involved in the process
 Puede
romper la obra de arte mientras que
intervienen en el proceso
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Children’s Developmental
Stages in Art
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Children enjoy using their imaginations
 Los
 Do
not provide models for copying
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
niños disfrutan usando su imaginación
No proporcionan modelos para copiar
Continued exploration and manipulation
 Manipulación
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y exploración continua
Kellogg’s Stages of Art
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Children’s Developmental
Stages in Art (continued)
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Early primary grades
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More serious and focused
 Más

serio y concentrado
Realistic color and proportion emerge
 Proporción

y color realista emergen
Careful planning is part of the process
 Una
planificación cuidadosa es parte del
proceso
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Opinion of adult becomes important
 Opinión

de adulto se convierte en importante
Child thinks art must be recognizable in both
content and subject
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Children’s Developmental
Stages in Art (continued)
 Niño
cree que el arte debe ser reconocible
tanto en contenido como tema

Individual, creative, and cultural differences
emerge
 Surgen
las diferencias individuales, creativas y
culturales

Often art is not a major focus of the day, but
it should still be included frequently
A
menudo el arte no es un foco importante del
día, pero aún debe estar incluido con
frecuencia
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Creativity

Creativity is the process of doing,
or bringing something new and
imaginative into being
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La creatividad es el proceso de
hacer, o traer algo nuevo e
imaginativo a ser
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Provide opportunities for creativity
to be expressed
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Show genuine respect

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Ensena respeto genuino
Provide an inspiring environment
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Proporcionar oportunidades para
la creatividad para expresarse
Proporcionar un ambiente
inspirador
Do not be a destroyer of creativity

No ser un destructor de la
creatividad
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Reflect on This
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Coloring books are not creative art
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Libros para colorear no son arte creativo
How would you handle a parent who
brought coloring books that are
advertisements from the company where
she works?
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¿Cómo manejaría usted un padre que trajo
libros para colorear que son anuncios de la
empresa donde trabaja?
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Providing an Art Environment
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Provide time, space, and materials
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Spacious area near a window if possible
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Amplia zona cerca de una ventana si es posible
Art experiences through out the day
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Proporcionar tiempo, espacio y materiales
Arte de experiencias a través del día
Plan art activities for centers, small groups and
outdoors

Plan de actividades artísticas para centros,
pequeños grupos y al aire libre
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Providing an Art Environment
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Keep safety in mind
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Encourage children to participate in all phases
of art, including set-up and clean-up
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Mantener la seguridad en mente
Anímelos a participar en todas las fases del arte,
incluyendo la puesta en marcha y limpiar
Ensure that each and every child will be
successful

Asegurar que cada niño tenga éxito
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The Art Environment
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Bring order to the environment by setting up the
structure of space, time, and materials to reflect
your educational goals
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Design thought out space where children can
discover, process, experiment, and explore
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Poner en orden el ambiente estableciendo la
estructura del espacio, tiempo y materiales para
reflejar sus metas educativas
Diseño pensado espacio donde los niños pueden
descubrir, procesar, experimentar y explorar
Arrange the materials and space so that the
children can self-select if you want them to work
independently

Organizar los materiales y el espacio para que los
niños pueden seleccionar si quieres que trabajen
de forma independiente
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The Art Environment

Store and label materials and tools so that children
learn how to get what they need and put an item back
and clean-up by themselves
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Almacene y etiquete los materiales y herramientas
para que los niños aprenden cómo conseguir lo que
necesita y poner un elemento nuevo y limpiar por sí
mismos
Be flexible (Se flexible)

Adjust the arrangement of the easels, tables, chairs,
and other furniture to suit the needs of individual
children at specific times

Ajustar el arreglo de los caballetes, mesas, sillas y otros
muebles para satisfacer las necesidades de cada niño en
momentos específicos
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Outdoor Environment
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Provides

Expanded space
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Freedom to move
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Freedom to mess

Wider choices of media

Nature excursions also can inspire
creativity in artwork
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Proporciona: espacio expandido, libertad
de moverse, con libertad a ensuciarse,
más amplia opciones de medios,
excursiones de naturaleza también pueden
inspirar la creatividad en la obra de arte
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Aesthetic Environment
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Being artistic does not just mean making art or
music, it also means developing a sense of
aesthetics
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Ser artístico no sólo significa hacer arte o música,
también significa desarrollar un sentido de la
estética

Recognize beauty, inside and out
 Reconocer

la belleza, dentro y por fuera
Pay attention to and use details of sounds, color,
shape, patterns, and texture
 Preste
atención a y utilizar datos de sonidos, color,
forma, patrones y texturas
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Aesthetic Environment
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Use books with all types of illustrations
 Usa

libros con todo tipo de ilustraciones
Display fine art and listen to a variety of music
 Exhibición
de Bellas Artes y escuchar una gran
variedad de música

Use light and sound in interesting ways
 Uso
de luz y sonido en formas interesantes
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Involving Children
in All Forms of Art
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Tearing, cutting, and gluing
Painting
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Crayons, markers, and chalk
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String painting
Object painting
Finger painting
Crayon rubbings
Crayon resist
Three-dimensional materials
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Height, width, depth
Texture
Use of hands
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Involving Children
in All Forms of Art
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Rasgado, cortar y pegar
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Pintura
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pintura con hilo
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pintura con objetos
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pintura con los dedos
crayones, marcadores y tiza
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calcos con crayones
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Resistencia con crayones
Materiales tridimensional

altura, anchura, profundidad

textura

Uso de las manos
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How Art Activities Can
Support Development
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Tearing, cutting, and gluing (Rasgado, corte y
pegando)
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Help small muscle development
 Contribuye

al desarrollo de los músculos pequeños
Provide tactile experiences
 Experiencias


tactiles
Collage making (hacer un collage)
Painting (Pintar)
Encourages language development
 Helps with judgment of spatial relationships
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How Art Activities Can
Support Development
Develops form perception
 Allows for the coordinated use of many muscles
 Provides opportunities for manipulation and
experimentation
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 Fomenta
el desarrollo de lenguaje
 ayuda a juicio de las relaciones espaciales
 Desarrolla forma de percepción
 permite la utilización coordinada de muchos
músculos
 proporciona oportunidades para la manipulación y
experimentación
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More on How Art Activities
Can Support Development
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Painting (continued)
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With string, gadgets, feet
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With various textured paints and objects
Crayons, markers, and chalk
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Provide excellent prewriting experiences
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Drawing, rubbings, resist
Three-dimensional materials

Encourage exploration

Help children release emotional tensions and
frustrations
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More on How Art Activities
Can Support Development
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Pintura (continuación)
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con hilo, gadgets, pies

con diferentes textura y objetos
Crayones, marcadores y tiza

proporcionar preparación excelentes experiencias de
escribir

dibujo, calcos, resistir
materiales tridimensionales

fomentar exploración ayuda niños liberación
emocional las tensiones y frustraciones
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Reflect on This
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Is it art or is it a craft?
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
¿Es arte o es un arte?
How can you tell if an activity is truly
creative?
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¿Cómo puede saber si una actividad es
realmente creativa?
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Art Across the Curriculum
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Connect art to everything you do
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Encourage the use of art vocabulary
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Fomentar el uso del vocabulario de arte
Combine art and math on a regular basis
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Conectar el arte a todo lo que haces
Combinan arte y matemática de manera
regular
Use art to explore scientific principles
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Usar el arte para descubrir principios
científicos
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Art Across the Curriculum
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Promote literacy and brain development
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Promover el desarrollo de la alfabetización
y el cerebro
Art is multimodal and multisensory
learning
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Arte es el aprendizaje multisensorial y
multimodal
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Art and Science

Discover what a specific material can do and
what the child can do to control it
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Descubra lo que puede hacer un material
específico y lo que el niño puede hacer para
controlarlo
Observe what happens when colors are
mixed together

Observar lo que sucede cuando se mezclan
colores
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Art and Science

Notice what happens when flour and water
are combined
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Observe lo que sucede cuando se combinan la
harina y el agua
Experiment with thick paint and thin paint

Experimentar con pintura gruesa y fina
pintura
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Art and Science

Discover what happens when you press down
hard or lightly with a brush or crayon on
paper
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Descubrir lo que ocurre al pulsar hacia abajo
duro o ligeramente con un cepillo o lápiz
sobre papel
Observe what happens when paint is brushed
over a crayon picture

Observar lo que ocurre cuando la pintura está
sobre un cuadro de crayón
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Art and Science

Determine what occurs when different
ingredients are mixed together
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Determinar lo que ocurre cuando se mezclan
diferentes ingredientes
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Technology
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Art and music can be enhanced by using
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Overhead projectors
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Cameras
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Photocopiers
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Tape recorders/CDs/MP3 players

Videotapes

Computer technology
ALWAYS preview software so you know it is
developmentally appropriate and meets your
educational objectives
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Art and Special Needs
Children
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Art and music are open-ended, so they can
accommodate the needs of each and every
child
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Adaptations

Art center

Music center

Materials

Implements
 Arte
y música son abiertas, por lo que pueden
satisfacer las necesidades de cada niño.
Adaptaciones: centro de arte, música
instrumentos, materiales
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Use of Food in Art Projects
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Considerations
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Sends mixed messages about playing with food
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World hunger
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Expense
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Cultural sensitivity
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Allergies

Self-regulation skills of toddlers
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Food products such as flour, cornstarch, salt,
and food coloring are acceptable

Alternative choices
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Use of Food in Art Projects
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Consideraciones

envía mensajes mixtos acerca de jugar con la
comida

hambre mundial

Cuesta mucho dinero

sensibilidad Cultural

Alergias

habilidades de autorregulación de los niños
pequeños

alimentos como harina, almidón de maíz, sal y
colorante son alternativas aceptables
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Tips for Displaying
Children’s Art
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Display art in the classroom
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Display art at the children’s eye-level
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Exhibición de arte en el nivel de los ojos de los
niños
Change the art displays frequently
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
Exhibición de arte en el aula
Cambiar la muestra de arte con frecuencia
Mount or frame art like in a museum

Soporte o marco de arte como en un museo
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Tips for Displaying
Children’s Art

Display all types of creations, not just the
best or all at one time
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Avoid visual over-stimulation
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Mostrar todos los tipos de creaciones, no sólo
los mejores o todos a la vez
Evitar sobreestimulación visual
Use different methods to display art work

Utilizan métodos diferentes para mostrar la
obra de arte
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