Making art is not only enjoyable for children but significant in their emotional, cognitive and social development.
“Draw and Discover: An Art-Making Journal for Kids” contains 60 carefully created prompts to help children become aware of their feelings, name them, express them and pay attention to the physical sensations that accompany them. Developed by an experienced art therapist, this journal uses art-making and drawing as a vehicle for children to learn about themselves and how they fit into the world.
The journal gives children a safe place to explore on their own and invites them to share their work with trusted adults in their lives. It also contains a section for adults that addresses the process of making art with children and best practices for how to respond when a child shares their art and tells their story. This sharing opens conversations and helps develop connections between adult and child.
Structured enough to give children guidance and open-ended enough to give them freedom to explore and discover what emerges, the journal is perfect for
children who like to draw as well as those children who prefer not to write.
Caren Sacks, is a licensed, board certified creative art therapist and board-certified art therapy supervisor who has been providing clinical services in a variety of settings for more than 40 years. In addition to a master’s degree in Art Therapy she completed a certificate in the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Program at the New Hope Guild Center and was a Full Adjunct Professor in the Art Therapy Master’s Program at The College of New Rochelle. Caren
lives in Mamaroneck with her husband and dog, Ziggy.
