Infants and Toddlers at Work by Ann Lewin-Benham

Author:Ann Lewin-Benham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2010-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CONCLUSION: THE JOY OF PAINTING

Painting provides a bang for the buck: Colors are vibrant, some bristles leave wide traces, and exciting effects emerge even in initial experiences. Infants and toddlers who are drawn to painting learn they have the power to make something dramatic happen and thereby develop what psychologists call a “sense of agency.” Painting requires focus and self-control and exemplifies engaged learning. These are the basis for self-confidence. They are the mark of a lifelong attitude that disposes a person to tackle and accomplish significant work, work that is creative, original, complex, and competent. “Work is significant when it provokes young children to draw deeply on the vast store of innate capacities that are particular to humans” (Lewin-Benham, 2008, p. 3).

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