The Glasgow conference, 'Picture This - Young Children and the Arts',looked at how a positive early experience can affect the emotionalhappiness and personal confidence of children.
Chief executive of Children in Scotland, Bronwen Cohen, told theconference, 'We need to pay more attention to not only offering accessto the arts, but enabling all those who work with babies and children,and their families and communities, to enable the arts to be a naturalpart of their environment. The arts and creativity are not something weshould be bringing in or adding on - we should be asking why they aremissing.'
Delegates visited several urban and rural settings in Scotland to seehow the arts are being used to develop learning and communication andpromote inclusion.
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