Making Marks – A Celebration of Children’s Art Travelling Exhibition

East Coast Art Trail

The B4 Making Marks exhibition is going to the East Coast from 16 December 2020 to 8 March 2021! The exhibition celebrates the art of very young Tasmanian children, birth – 4 years, showcasing their ideas through their mark making.

The East Coast is doing the exhibition a little differently creating a trail through three towns with the exhibition to be displayed over 5 locations.

To find out when and where to see the exhibition: East Coast Art Trail Flyer (PDF, 1.1MB)

B4 Making Marks is presented by the B4 Early Years Coalition and partners.

For more information and resources see Making Marks

B4 Early Years Community Storyteller Grants

Congratulations to the following recipients who have been successful in their B4 Community Storyteller grant application: Burnie Community House, Door of Hope Christian Church, Early Support for Parents, Friends of Zafira, Goodstart Blackmans Bay, Hub4Health, Kingborough Council, Lady Gowrie, Mission Australia, Poss M’Agic, and Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Centre. We look forward to sharing their progress and stories over the next year.

Making Marks: The Development of Children’s Drawing

Great new B4 Resource – Making Marks: The Development of Children’s Drawing (PDF, 1.3MB)

Ever wondered how children learn to draw from their first explorations with crayons and pencils to representing their world around them and sharing what’s important to them? This resource provides a journey of discovery to learn more about children’s art drawing on the research it will take you through each stage of development and we hope inspire you to support children’s artistic explorations, always.

 

A new report from The Front Project

Explores children and their families’ experiences of Covid-19 looks at how disadvantage has changed as a result of the pandemic and recession. It shows that more families are at risk of facing disadvantage than ever before, and existing disadvantage is becoming worse. Please click here to read this report.

Talk, Read and Play Everyday

Why talk, read and play every day?

• Right from birth, talking to your child is helping to build the connections in their brain to help them learn.
• Reading is a skill for life that begins when a baby first looks at a picture in a book.
• Active play helps children build skills in movement and learning.

For more information see Talk, Read and Play Everyday, The Bouncing Back – Talk and Read Project a Launching into Learning (LiL) and Kindergarten initiative. It gives practical resources to talk, read and play every day.