{"id":679,"date":"2020-05-15T18:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeuniculture\/?p=679"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:47:29","slug":"welltogether-art-at-the-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/welltogether-art-at-the-start\/","title":{"rendered":"#WellTogether: Art at the Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Art at the Start<\/a> project is a collaboration between art psychotherapist Vicky Armstrong and experimental psychologist Dr Josephine Ross. We are interested in the impact participation in art can have upon the social well-being of young children and how shared art experiences may help to build strong attachment relationships: What happens when young children make art together with their important adults? How does engagement with the arts contribute to a child\u2019s individual development? How can we describe what is happening when making art? Can we show that art making is creating change in a measurable way?<\/p>\n

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Due to the COVID-19 crisis, our project is putting out regular art activity ideas for little ones during the current lockdown over our website<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>\/Facebook<\/a> pages. Making art together is incredibly important for our children’s wellbeing, and with many having to homeschool children in these difficult times, these activity ideas and worksheets are a great way to keep your wee ones engaged in their important artistic developments. This Art at the Start infographic demonstrates just how important making art together is for our children: How Art Making Together Helps young children<\/a><\/p>\n

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For #WellTogether week, Art at the Start have provided this fantastic worksheet of a new sculpture activity that you can do with the wee ones at home. The Worksheet is available for you to download and print – simply click on the link here – Sculpture with Wee Ones Worksheet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t forget that there are also plenty of other activities and worksheets being made available on the Art at the Start website<\/a> to help you and your children engage with fun art activities in the house together – so go ahead and get messy with your little people!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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