Tag Archives: Art
Book Activity: My Crayons Talk
My Crayons Talk by Patricia Hubbard is a perfect introduction into the interplay between color and language. The girl in the story explains how her colors talk as she draws. For example, “Yellow chirps, ‘Quick, Baby chick.’” The accompanying picture shows … Continue reading
Book Activity: Mouse Paint
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh is one of my very favorite books for teaching about primary and secondary colors. The children absolutely love it as well. In the story, three mice climb into three jars of paint (red, yellow, and … Continue reading
Art Talk
When discussing art with children, we often find ourselves simply saying, “Oh it’s a dog!” or “How pretty.” Here are a few tips on how to bring some art concepts into your comments and discussions. ART CONCEPT COMPONENT EXAMPLE COLOR … Continue reading
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Unit Theme: Exploring the Arts through Our Senses
Introducing the new unit theme! Dat-da-da-dah! “Exploring the Arts through Our Senses”! I know I may start every unit theme post this way, but I LOVE this theme! Really, you could spend a whole year exploring the arts and the senses. … Continue reading
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Food Prints
This is a classic activity, but I thought I’d remind you of it, especially since you have those left over carrot and celery tops from making Stone Soup just lying around! Take a few veggies like carrots, celery, and potatoes, … Continue reading
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Art in the Preschool Classroom: Finding Reality and Fantasy
One of the classes I’ve been taking this summer is “The Arts in Every Classroom” (you can view the same class here). The arts seem easily incorporated into preschool, as the children are very naturally using music, movement, and visual art … Continue reading
The Spectrum of Preschool Arts and Crafts
I recently got a great compliment from a parent. At least I think it was a compliment. She said, “I love that you have these random art projects!” Now, as I said, I do believe she sincerely meant it as … Continue reading
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Creative Development
Photo provided by flaivoloka. Developing the creative senses of a child, as well as the confidence to create are important, and sometimes undervalued, aspects of childhood development. In a culture currently obsessed with standardized testing ,creative development is easily lost through … Continue reading
