Elementary DESIGN

What can you do with a 2-inch square?

Julie Alsip Bucknam(2005) in the “Elementary design” says, elementary design is the most important point to design; so elementary students can be designer. At first, you order them make thumbnail sketches and then you order them select a favorite composition. Then they can precede to the next step that is drawing about thumbnail sketches same pattern in the 12 squares, which made by 2-inch. Next, they compound the 12 squares like puzzle. What happens? You and they never can think about this pattern because it made by fortuity. Finally, ask to students about that. What types of shapes do you see? Which is your favorite and why? And, it is very important things that are sure to say something positive, and not to insult. I think that it is very important education to elementary students. Unless they want to be designer, they have to learn about originality because they are better than an adult about superior idea. This program, making 2-inch square, can make elementary students to be great person, who has originality thinking. In fact, some designers quote from children’s thinking because of creating idea. Most designer have learned same pattern from textbook about design when they study about design. Therefore, sometimes their idea couldn’t get out of a form each other. However, children didn’t have learned about design yet, we are surprised by their idea. In conclusion, it is very consequence that growing power of creation to elementary students.