Lucy and I can hardly contain our excitement with our newly redesigned website and retail and wholesale stores now online! However, this isn’t the subject of our conversation today. I have a rhetorical question to ask.
Of what benefit is art to a child, anyway?
Let’s look at it. By putting creative art in front of your child in everyday art, you are exposing them to a whole new world. Not only are you opening their imaginations and creative play, you are helping them to develop resourceful thinking at a young age. As they explore unique artwork, a child pieces together an understanding of the art piece in their own environment as well as the world around them.
With toddlers and young children under 6, the brain development and dynamic growth and activity is like no other time in life as it is with toddlers and young children. The “experts” do studies on early childhood education all the time. Governments fund activities for young children, recognizing the crucial time in a child’s development. The mind is mapped for the future between 0 and 6 years old, and it’s such a great opportunity for parents to expose their children to art along with academic learning. One has only to look at the Baby Einstein series to see this in play.
At the heart of each piece I have created for Bealoo Kids is the sincere wish for each child to use that artwork as a springboard for creativity, resourcefulness, ingenuity and innovation. They are the future, these kids of ours. Let’s give them a wide array of opportunities to make this a better world!
Have a Bealootiful visit to our site, and be sure to check out our new store!
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*Bea Moritz, artist, grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia where she achieved a degree in English and Fine Art at U.B.C. Following her degree, Bea studied computer animation and began a career with Mainframe Entertainment where she animated on popular shows including Reboot, Transformers and Barbie. After the birth of the first of her three children, Bea relocated to Kelowna, B.C. to raise her family, and continues to create inspirational art to capture the imaginations of children everywhere.*
