Quote Originally Posted by playfelt View Post
At the same time I wonder sometimes how much the children really do enjoy the art and how much is just because we are interacting with them. I gave them pumpkin cut outs today and faces and we made silly ones and put mouths at the top and eyes instead of ears and laughed our heads off and then it all went back in the bin so we can repeat the activity which is important for the age group we have. It wasn't considered art because we didn't glue the pieces down and send it home but for all intents and purposes we did the same thing.

Because of having mixed ages I do far more of this kind of activity than I do of crafts. As a parent I know how much I hated the big painted pictures the kids brought home from kindergarten and only kept a few reflective pieces but eventually the paint dries out and cracks off anyways. A lot of parents honestly don't look in the diaper bags just assuming it is ready for the next day unless they see child in a different outfit at pick up. I tend to post stuff on the back of the door so parents see it when leaving and at least take it with them. What they do after that isn't my problem.
I have definitely thrown out a bunch of my daughter's art from preschool and what she has done with me, I keep a couple but I care more about the process and can't possibly keep everything.