characteristics and implications.

-Sensory engagement matters
* look for materials to engage senses

-actions based on instant gratification
*simplify steps
*choose materials that yeild a immediate outcome
*don't expect high tolerance for attention
*be prepared

-child's still trying to figure out morals
*Have patience
*Help lay down common, moral ground rules.

-uncontrolled markings and accidental shapes are produced during the first phase of artistic development.
*make sure to ask what they were intending to represent in the picture.
*ask questions to help relate the image to their real life experiences that they are portraying in the image. Doing this you are also practicing communicating about their art.
*Don't expect perfection
*Know what level of criteria to teach them that won't stunt them but help them progress.

 -The Child is really into exploring colors, the feel of their tools and techniques.
*Give the child a wide variety of materials to work with and use positive encouragement to help evolve their want to explore.


-The child rely's heavily on being lead to more information
*ask the child questions to get them to answer their own questions and help lead them in the direction they are seeing.
*Don't just show a child how to do something right away with out provoking what you can get out of them.
*when working with the child with certain medium's, use it as if you were the child, and ask them to help you, then take their advice.

-Motor Skills are increasing
*give constructive assignments that can feed into improving their motor skills (big paper and brushes).
*choose criteria that is appropriate to their development.