Original art by Avery, age 6 of Minnesota

Help your child’s creativity bloom by encouraging original self-expression. Go out into nature with your child and take in all the changes that are taking place ~ the flowers in bloom, the pollinating bees, the bright green leaves and grasses and the fruit ripening on citrus trees.

Suggest that your child take a mental picture, and then provide your child with an array of creative materials to depict a spring scene.