Oh yes, I still remember when I was kid and what made things really exciting for me was when I had to do different art work projects. I still remember my classmates before, during art class everybody was so noisy to the point that everybody sometimes became hyper and I could see the facial expression of the teacher that time. She was getting frustrated with some of my classmates when sometimes she simply could not get through them.
Our teacher has been so creative and I would say that she has inspired most of us artistically. I have been inspired since then that I took arts classes during my university years. I have been an arts teacher since I graduated.
It inspires me more when I remember the times that our teacher was teaching us to make pin wheels. Then there were times that she taught us how to make paper flowers. She gave us simple instructions to make things easier for us. Everybody was so happy the end product of each project that we did. There were times that the class was so absorbed with what we were doing that the room was so quiet. I could remember that teacher was somehow relaxed that time. She was a very nice person.
There have been some health concerns about art and craft materials that are used by children. There have been and still are laws regarding the safety of such materials. What I still remember was, whenever we had to use arts and crafts materials before was, we were instructed that we have to use materials sparingly and that we have to wash our hands very well after each project has been done. The windows were also opened for proper ventilation within the classroom that time. I read recently that certain materials such as: organic solvents, heavy metals as well as asbestos and other toxic materials should be checked first by the teacher before it could be used by children. Following instructions is the key thing here for teachers to do and using the arts and crafts materials properly by students will be very important too.
I am happy that art work is still a part of children's lives right now, in spite of the modernization of our planet. I would say that because of artistic people we have different gadgets of different usage. Gadgets for communication, storing data as well as those for cooking and even locating other places has become our lives now, simply because they were thought of by artistic people. So, the next time you see something new in the market I hope you get inspired with that too just like how the one thought of that has been inspired in the past.
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