Celebrating student's work is so important as it gives them a sense of pride in their work which transfers into confidence. Confident students allows for successful learning to occur because they have a positive outlook on learning. Although only a few students showed up to the art fair from my class, for those three students it was an amazing experience. They felt so proud that their work was being displayed for everyone to see. Parents were so proud and will no doubt praise their children for such great works of art! It was a great experience for me as well, it showed me that these events go a long way for students and are so important to build student's confidence in themselves as learners.
The top picture is myself and one of my students, a daughter of a colleague in our program. I will not mention names but I have permission to post this picture on my blog.
Thanks so much for explaining that you have permission to post the picture of the child. She does look happy and so do you! I'm glad you got to see how much this kind of honouring children's work means to them and to their families. It is not something you really "get" from having someone explain it to you!
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