by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2012 | arts participation, education
Earlier in the year I was alerted to an article that made my interest radar beep – the headline “10 Lessons the Arts Teach” … Oh yes, I jumped for joy as I hurriedly clicked through. This summary was prepared by Kim Hermanson, Ph.D.,San Rafael...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2012 | Doodling
I was just too excited when I came across the news article in the UK Guardian titled “Doodling should be encouraged…” – OK it is from February 2009….but I don’t think much has changed in brain development to discount the idea so...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2012 | brain development, Creativity, right brain, Uncategorized
Once upon a time it was considered that our beautiful brains operated in halves, or hemispheres. To break it down to it’s simplest form – the left is predominantly the rational, analytic, logical, detail loving side. The Right non-linear and instinctive...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2012 | Creativity, thinking
Here is a small presentation I made to give you the quick and dirty on being creative and the benefits of living an artful life. The importance to children’s development and as they become well rounded adults able to adapt and change their thinking to the many...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2012 | colouring, Creativity
So I’ve told you how much I dislike colouring books, but what do you do instead? We don’t want to put children off with a blank page ~ some children just need that extra inspiration. I’m not completely against colouring books per se. Only the...
