Montessori education emphasizes the process of creating art versus the product. This means that children should be encouraged to explore and experiment with a variety of art mediums without being made to feel that they should complete a specific project that looks a certain way. While it is necessary to provide the child such freedom to make discoveries on his own, especially in the production of art, it is also valuable that the child been given the skills and experiences necessary to train and develop the hand and eye for the creation of realistic art as well. It is critical that the child is able to create with his own hands that which he envisions in his mind.
A child is a discoverer. He is an amorphous splendid being in search of his own proper form.
