can be incorporated into other lessons as a way to better understand a subject, in a similar fashion that creating a diorama might help a child better understand the solar system. The most important lesson art may have for children and parents alike is that sometimes there is no right or wrong answer. Sometimes there are just problems and solutions. Sometimes you must create your ative problem-solving skills? If you answered “A. Art,” you would be correct. To begin, we must stop thinking of art as a frivolous and unimportant extracurricular (and glitter is way too messy). The lessons art has to teach us go far beyond what meets the eye. It goes without saying that the release and self-expression that goes along with the creation of art can be therapeutic and healing. Furthermore, art A range of materials can create wonderful collages. 132 HAWAII PARENT July/August 2024
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