CR ArtI have always thought that there is great power in helping children move between analytic and intuitive views. From the first day of class, kids used Circular Reasoning to create both abstract and representational art.
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“…The material of the geometric insets may be applied also to design. It is through design that the child may be led to ponder on the geometric figures which he has handled, taken out, combined in numerous ways, and replaced. In doing this he completes an exercise necessitating much use of the reasoning facilities. (Montessori, 1965)” "The designing done with these geometric insets, as will be explained, is of two kinds: geometric and artistic (mechanical and decorative). And the union of the two kinds of drawings gives new ways of applying the material. [In geometric design, the child] acquires. actual and real cognitions in geometry. [The artistic design work] facilitates the development of the child's esthetic sense (Montessori, 1965)." |