The learning process of a human child is extensive and complicated where the school course work plays a limited role. Children learn about the world through interaction and their own set of experiences no matter how insignificant these experiences appear to be. Various institutions and researchers have investigated this issue and debunked the myth that fun and serious learning are separate and that art is non productive. In fact art activities are important since they aid human development and lead to creativity, confidence building and self esteem. It also simulates imagination and helps create the ability to organize and process information as well as interpret events. Art also helps develop a shared experience and a chance for interaction and learning through imitation. Therefore parents and teachers must acknowledge the importance of art; furthermore they should attempt to indulge in such creative activities at home and in the classroom.

What is Art?
There is no one strict definition of art; most definitions describe art as an umbrella term that refers to a range of activities. Art encompasses written text in the form of literature or it can refer to visual art such as painting, sculpture, photography or print making. It also incorporates other forms of art that stimulate other senses such as music and theater performances. Basically it denotes a skill used to produce an aesthetic result which may use any medium of expression.

Before developing complex skills like architecture or calligraphy children start to develop their initial aesthetic sense by scribbling on a paper, splashing paint and playing with different materials like clay, play dough and paint brushes etc. Thus for children art projects are an opportunity to develop new skills. For them art is playing with colors, ‘designing’ sceneries out of memory or imaginations or folding paper or other materials to recognizable objects like a flower or a tree. Another important dimension of art for children is the group work experience they are exposed to; therefore they learn how to share crayons when coloring a picture as well as developing a sense of team work by doing an art project together. For young children who cannot express themselves with words, art becomes more than just an aesthetic skill, it is the language they use to communicate with people and reflect their emotional states.

Hence for children, art is more than an activity or entertainment, it is their language and gives them an opportunity for skill building, communication, expression and it lays the foundations of their world view.