Teaching art to kids in your home or at school for the very first time is exciting, but challenging. Developing your teaching style, understanding how children create, and determining what style of lessons to teach can be a slow process.

Today’s show features Deep Space Sparkle member, Lesly Chamate from Florida. As a first time art teacher, Lesly joined our Sparkler community to learn how to teach art to kids. Over the past year she has grown from a mom unsure how to teach art to kids, to dreaming of how to expand her small studio to reach even more kids and adults.

We chat about how to manage children working at different paces, how to deliver art instructions so all children are eager to participate and how to optimize an art studio with limited space.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

What the differences are between teaching inside and outside of the home

How to set the right intention when kids want to do their own thing

How Lesly has evolved as an art teacher by constantly learning new things

What you can do when your children work at different paces

Why a curious teacher is the best type of teacher

How you don’t have to do everything when starting out, but build from where you’re at

What Lesly is doing to grow as an artist and ways she’s looking to expand what services she offers

LISTEN TO THE SHOW

LINKS & RESOURCES:

Laura Lohmann’s, Painted Paper Art

Rachelle Doorley’s, Tinker Lab

Creativebug Website

Creative Boot Camp with Lisa Congdon

Ladies Drawing Night: Make Art, Get Inspired, Join the Party by Julia Rothman (affiliate link)

Draw Every Day, Draw Every Way by Jennifer Orkin Lewis (affiliate link)

Granny’s Clan: A Tale of Wild Orcas by Dr.Sally Hodson & Ann Jones (affiliate link)

You can visit Patty through Deep Space Sparkle on Facebook and Instagram

Patty Palmer At Home Instagram