
Creative on Canvas
If I could afford to have every child paint every week on canvas instead of on paper, I would do so. Hey wait a minute! I did do exactly that – except I only had to buy one canvas!
If you haven’t spent much time learning about process art then I just have to say… you are really missing out. Process art is all about inviting young children to explore different art materials, supplies, and processes. Over the years, I have tried all kinds of approaches to art and have landed squarely on process art being the very best approach to inspiring young artists.
If I could afford to have every child paint every week on canvas instead of on paper, I would do so. Hey wait a minute! I did do exactly that – except I only had to buy one canvas!
There are so many different ways to explore a color but when you have a fruit that has the color and the color word all built into one, like an
A fun and creative process that will encourage teamwork in your classroom! Whenever I can find an idea that our whole class can work on together in a successful way,
As we continued our exploration of maps, the children were invited to explore this simple DIY table top map and drawing game. Like with most games I make for the children
We explored a variety of maps in my classroom. The goal of our mapping explorations was simply to compare different kinds of maps and what kinds of things can be
We discovered that there are a whole lot of holes to be explored all throughout the preschool classroom!
Exploring fingers and hands while the children enjoy the process of making their own handprints!
See how I spent a morning in my preschool studio catching bubbles!
See more ideas on how to expand the learning in the preschool classroom by inviting the children to create with lids!
Throughout part of our school year, we began saving a few pieces of the children’s artwork so to have a sampling of each child’s work that we could display in
In today’s post, I am sharing an opportunity to explore shapes and color through a very simple and engaging artsy experience.
Exploring the drawing process by drawing in a frame in preschool!
Exploring the process of blending colors with our simple version of rainbow swirl paint!
For our art experience, the children spent time with the amazing process of spinning up circles in our preschool classroom.
We are introducing two unique and inexpensive art materials to our class. Perhaps you even have them around your house!
I don’t know about you, but I am always looking for a new or unique tool for painting for making the process fun and interesting for children. These compasses that
Last week I shared our shape hunt activity as an introduction to our unit on shapes. First up on our list of shapes to explore was the circle. We explored
We recently spent some extra time exploring the color blue and this particular process of making blue print designs ended up being far more engaging to my students than I ever thought it would. I love it when every child in the classroom takes their time exploring a process.