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Most Anti-Coloring Book® pages start out as projects Sue teaches her students.
She never teaches a lesson without motivating her students by reading them a good story. She shares her comprehensive list of books about every imaginable art project in her latest book,
Young at Art. If you would like to try her technique with children over the age of 6 with an Anti-Coloring page, here are some suggestions (Remember, many of Sue’s drawings can be used as writing prompts as well).
Ten Cardinal Rules for Teaching Children Creative Art
- Obliterate your own expectations of how an art project should be completed, and let the child’s imagination decide how the art materials will be used.
- Never draw, paint or write on a child’s art work.
- Never point out accidental similarities to realistic objects.
- Never show a child “how” to draw or entertain a child by making realistic pictures.
- Don’t ask “What is it?” or “What are you making?” “What” it is is not as important as “How” it is being made.
- Never give a child coloring books, dot to dot, magic paint with water, molds, drawing machines, drawing computers or similar anti-art toys.
- Never encourage children to participate in art contests or other forms of competition that pits child against child.
- Encourage a child to come up with many different solutions to problems, rather than only one correct answer.
- Don’t scold for drawing on unacceptable surfaces. Offer paper and say “Oh good, I see you feel like drawing.”
- Do not rush a child to the next level of development.
Susan Striker offers teacher workshops and provides curricula for schools. Please click here to see a complete listing of curricula available.
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