Nursery World - Art collection

Look closely at the art area in your setting to check that you are providing the essential resources children need, organised in a way that children can freely access them The pleasure and learning to be derived from an art area will be all the greater for children if the area is well organised and well resourced and they are allowed to work independently.

The pleasure and learning to be derived from an art area will be all the greater for children if the area is well organised and well resourced and they are allowed to work independently.

Organisation

Use these questions to help you assess how well-organised your art area is.

* Are all the resources accessible? Are shelves and/or storage units at an appropriate height and depth for young children?

* Are all the resources clearly labelled? Is there a picture as well as a word to signify the contents?

* Are tool and resources sorted? Could they be sorted further? For example, if all the coloured wools are in one container, sort them by colour to create baskets of green wools, red wools and so on. Or if all the graphite pencils are together, organise them in a cutlery tray, leaving the smallest compartment to store erasers.

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