TAP in Early Learning

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The TAP program was established and researched with amazing toddler artists in Early Childhood Education.

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When working in infant and toddler rooms often the attention is on sensory experiences and exploration.  Participants can drift quickly into and out of the invitation to play rapidly. Facilitating an invitation to play that can be revisited or accessed repeatedly for short periods can be valuable. Through repeat exposure to the invitation, materials, or playspace, children feel safe and build expertise.

​It can be energising, validating, and exciting for students to artwork and be in a creative flow state together. This can be powerful when teachers take part in artworking, displaying vulnerability and creative processing. Even more profoundly for infants and very young children, witnessing primary care givers interacting with materials enables security and safety. When adults artwork attuned with infants it can provide them with opportunities to bond, building an empathic connection and understanding of the capacities and sensory experiences of the children in their care. This also provides opportunity to develop reflexive and critically reflective teaching practices