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Creative Art

Chalk paint and print-making with preschoolers and toddlers

by Deborah J. Stewart July 30, 2010 Creative Art

For those of you following along, you know that I am on a quest to introduce the concept of painting to my little nephew Wy. I could make Wy sit down with me, hold his hand, and make him paint a picture but that is a sure fire way to get him to NEVER want [...]

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Puffy ice cream cones in preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart July 28, 2010 Creative Art

The children enjoyed the sensory experience as well as the creativity of making these puffy ice cream cones… The teacher added some glue and food coloring to shave cream…. And then the children mixed it all together… Each child chose the color they wanted to use for the topping of their ice cream cones… They [...]

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Making bubble prints in preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart July 27, 2010 Bubbles

The children spent an entire week exploring bubbles. I happen to catch a few of the activities in action… In the twos class, the teacher set out bowls of bubble solution mixed with yellow, blue, green, and red food coloring. The teacher blew into one color of bubbles and once the bubbles were up high [...]

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Natures color wheel in preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart July 26, 2010 Color Wheels

I saw a color wheel at one of our schools recently where the class glued colorful plastic flowers on each section of the color wheel. It got me thinking why not use real flowers? We went on a little nature walk to find flowers and put them in a bag. Wy wasn’t exactly sure why [...]

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Exploring and creating with craft sticks in preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart July 25, 2010 Craft Sticks

I cannot stress the following message enough… Before preschoolers are ready to be creative… They need time to explore the materials! When introducing new tools or art mediums to young children, they need time to explore what happens when they manipulate the items before they will be ready to create with the items. The art [...]

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Craft stick painting with toddlers

by Deborah J. Stewart July 24, 2010 Craft Sticks

Yesterday Wy and I tried a little kick box painting so while Wy was still in the mood, we tried a little craft stick painting too. We gathered a handful of craft sticks, some paint, paper, and a box with a lid. Wy dumped everything into the box and tapped on the paint cups to [...]

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Kick box painting with toddlers

by Deborah J. Stewart July 23, 2010 Boxes

My nephew Wy loves to kick balls, push cars, and color with markers but there is one thing that he really doesn’t seem to like…. Wy doesn’t like to paint. When Wy gets a little paint on his hands, he stops in his tracks and just stares like it is a disease. But unfortunately for [...]

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Graphing and painting with oranges

by Deborah J. Stewart July 20, 2010 Creative Art

When painting with objects, I always print the word of the object on the paper so the children can see that word as they participate in the activity. In this case the word is Orange. We cut an orange in half and used one of the halves for creating orange prints on our paper. For [...]

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Let the sun shine in your preschool classroom

by Deborah J. Stewart July 19, 2010 Creative Art

I enjoy coming in and observing the different ways each class puts their own spin on making a sun. In this class, the children painted their paper plates with yellow tempera paint mixed with salt to give a little sparkle and texture. After the paint dried, the children turned the plates over and added strips [...]

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Ribbon painting in preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart July 16, 2010 Creative Art

One of the things I love most is to build an entire day around music or even build an entire day around one single preschool song. When I write songs, I am always visualizing the many amazing things that can be done with that song. Today I added the Ribbon Song to my fingerplay blog [...]

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Color Wheels

by Deborah J. Stewart July 15, 2010 Color Wheels

The children have been working on color wheels this summer. Each week they bring in items from home to give add to the color wheel. Each class took their own approach to this project. Here is the start of a couple… The color wheels bring in not only color but they bring in texture as [...]

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Polk-a-dots and straws in preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart July 13, 2010 Creative Art

This week, the children explored making polk-a-dots with straws. Red, yellow, and blue paint was set out along with a straw in each paint. The children dipped the end of the straws into the paint. Then pressed the painted end of the straw on the paper. New colors were added to the page as desired. [...]

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