The Results Are In!
Rothrock'n Art Camp is a fun, safe, and art-focused environment where your children have every opportunity to explore their creativity, build friendships, and form life-long memories.
By attending any of my art camps, your children will develop:
- A Growth Mindset: Develop skills like resilience, grit, and a growth mindset to help your child develop their craft.
- Self-Confidence: Overcome insecurities and find their inner voice.
- Improved Cognition: Draw into a multifaceted endeavor that combines subject matters (like math, history, language, and science).
- Better Communication Skills: Learn a mode of expression that transforms thoughts and emotions into a unique form of communication called "art".
- A Deeper Cultural & Self-Understanding: Art is at the core of everyone's identity. Understanding, appreciating, and creating deepen your children's understanding of their self AND their surroundings.
Art...
Art is a natural activity to support this free play in children. The freedom to manipulate different materials in an organic and unstructured way allows for exploration and experimentation. These artistic endeavors and self-directed explorations are not only fun but educational as well. Art allows youth to practice a wide range of skills that are useful not only for life but also for learning.
Art activities procure skills in:
- Fine motor skills
- Cognitive development
- Math skills
- Language skills
1. EXPLORE
Go forth and seek
Identify new discoveries
Gain knowledge and self-reflect
3. GROW
Improve self-management & communication skills
Reduce anxiety & boost self-esteem
Become more observant & address past/present traumas
2. CREATE
Stimulate the imagination
Identify strengths & weaknesses
Determine boundaries
Children's Art Simplified
Your children...
They're your greatest gifts to the world. They're unique; they're funny; and, you always want what's best for them.
Children are naturally curious and from the minute they gain control of their limbs, they work to put themselves out into the world to see how it all works. They explore, observe and imitate, trying to figure out how things operate and how to control themselves and their environments. This unrestricted exploration helps children form connections in their brain, it helps them learn - and it's also fun!
The problem...
Most individuals fail to understand the importance of art and how regular artistic forms of expression can lead to an overall improvement in education. For example, a two-year study revealed that students who participated in artistic programs witnessed an overall 22.5% increase in math scores and a 12.6% improvement in reading scores. If that wasn't enough, there is further evidence that parents who invest in their children's art program do better on standardized test scores as well.
If a child is lucky, they may receive up to 30 minutes of art a week in school. That equates to only 18 hours per year... an amount that simply isn't enough.
Rothrock'n Art Camp
The solution...
Create mini-art camps that allow kids an opportunity to mentally focus on art (instead of Fortnite), friendships, and building memories all while having fun.
My camps are a good mixture of art, game centers, food, and the outdoors where we discuss the elements of art, how it can be found all around us, and the importance of expressing ourselves.
Each camp is structured similarly; however, the projects always change. The day will look like:
- Centers and free play
- Main project
- Park & picnic
- Outdoor games
- Edible art
- Main project 2
