tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937585902833836482.post5944104634934419024..comments2024-03-21T08:31:35.856-04:00Comments on parenthropology: Product or process?parenthropologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03778354783812302873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937585902833836482.post-15327525407036825982011-01-27T20:19:34.763-05:002011-01-27T20:19:34.763-05:00Kate, now that I think about it, I think it is tru...Kate, now that I think about it, I think it is true that there is less "art" work that comes home (as in what the kids create in, say, art class), and more drawing / writing and journaling that comes home. Not to mention the morass of worksheets from 1st grade. Then again, not sure how else kids learn - I certainly would not support a wholesale move away from paper and pencil.parenthropologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03778354783812302873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937585902833836482.post-28925644582957824922011-01-27T02:58:12.592-05:002011-01-27T02:58:12.592-05:00I wish G embraced the goal of "finishing (his...I wish G embraced the goal of "finishing (his) mills without being reminded"!<br /><br />It's interesting to me *how* *much* *less* artwork comes home from the boys' current school. So, presently, I don't have to think too much about it.<br /><br />At home we have a plastic file bin in which I tossed everything that didn't immediately get mounted on the wall. I waited to cull at the end of the year. Mostly because I'm lazy and the bin was big enough to accommodate the goods, but also because the passage of time gave me some perspective on what really was worth keeping. Journals -- absolutely. Some token form of hand and/or footprint art that shows just how small they used to be. And then a few choice favorites, including things the boys felt especially proud of. <br /><br />I've heard of parents arranging artwork in a collage on the floor or wall, taking a picture of it and saving the picture ... but not the art.Katehttp://www.theblaguefromprague.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com