Parent-child workshops / The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Muriel Silberstein-Storfer

Introduction -- Why is it important for parents to attend an orientation session without the children? -- What is the parents' role in the workshops? -- What is the instructor's role? -- What are the workshops like? -- How is the studio arranged? Do parents sit with the children? -- Are the classes always the same? -- How do the children's activities begin? -- What kind of tools and materials do you use in the workshops? -- What kind of paint is used? -- Do you tell us what to paint? -- How long is the workshop and how much time do the children spend with each activity? -- What if the children spill the water? -- What do the children do after painting? -- My child has never used scissors, will this be a problem? -- Do the children usually take their work home? -- When and how do the children work with clay? -- How do you feel about the parents doing representational work? -- Do you help the children and parents with their work? -- How should a parent respond to the child's art work? -- How can parents help make the workshops constructive? -- What if i don't like the work i have done? -- Are the workshops messy? -- Why can't the children go to the sink and wash their hands? -- Wouldn't it be just as effective to do these activities at home with my child? -- Why is it valuable to teach art to such small children? -- What do you think of letting a child wait until school to do art work? -- Can you actually teach two and a half year olds? Is it perhaps better to leave children to express themselves freely? -- Do you evaluate the children and parents' work? -- Do the classes encourage the children in an artistic career? -- Special acknowledgements -- Valuable assistance was given by