Posts Tagged ‘art activities’
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Filed under: Christmas, Featured, Holiday crafts, Teaching Ideas
2 in 1: Christmas Lantern and Christmas Card
by Cheryl Villareal on Dec 12th, 2011
We originally wanted to make a Christmas lantern that we could hang inside the classroom (and the kids could hang in their homes later on). However, while doing the activity, we realized we could make it more meaningful by turning this lantern into a Christmas card….and so we did just that! What you will need: Colored tissue paper/ Crepe paper/ Japanese Paper Colored cellophane Construction Paper Cutter Ca...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Animals and Insects, Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Featured, Fine arts, Messy art, Stories, Teaching Ideas
Eric Carle Collage in Brown Bear Brown Bear
by Cheryl Villareal on Nov 27th, 2011
The kids have always loved BROWN BEAR, they love learning the different colors while also seeing the pictures of different animals! Moreover, they enjoy singing the song while looking at the pictures. This time, we wanted to try and make collages. So we had them pick which color they wanted and we mixed 2 other complimenting colors with it. So if they picked green, we’d give them GREEN, YELLOW and WHITE. If they picked PU...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Fine arts, Fine motor skills, Skill development, Stories, Teaching Ideas
Painting on Tissues like Eric Carle
by Cheryl Villareal on Nov 20th, 2011
Eric Carle may not be famous in the world of fine arts, but his very famous in the world of preschool children and teachers! For most of us, not only do we love his art and all his book, but we love also all the books in which he did the illustration. Brown Bear, Hungry Caterpillar, The Tiny Seed, etc. Well, though he may not have his art up in the museums like MichelAngelo and Picasso, Eric Carle is one of the greatest artists for the kids. S...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Face, Fine arts, Senses and Body Parts, Teaching Ideas
Picasso’s Cubism Became A Mix and Match of Faces
by Cheryl Villareal on Nov 20th, 2011
While learning about the different parts of our body and our different senses, we decided to let the kids create a puzzle with their own faces. Since we were also on the topic of fine art, we tried to copy Picasso's cubism. It has a similar idea but not entirely right. Eventually, the idea evolved and we ended up cutting pictures from magazine and had the kids make a distorted image of themselves. We got mixed reactions for this activity. Some ki...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Fine arts, Fine motor skills, Skill development, Teaching Ideas
Painting with Scissors like Henry Matisse
by Cheryl Villareal on Nov 14th, 2011
It's fun to do art with kids, but when you talk about art with them... crayons and paint are usually the first things that come to mind. Nothing wrong with that, but there's still so much more ways to do art then just the usual. Which is why I'm glad I came across Henry Matisse! Henry Matisse was a well known artist, he was good in both painting and sculpting! But as he reached the age of 72, it became difficult for him to stand and ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Eyes can see, Fine arts, Hands can feel, Messy art, Senses and Body Parts, Teaching Ideas
Splatter Painting like Jackson Pollock
by Cheryl Villareal on Nov 5th, 2011
Well, I showed you Michelangelo and Van Gogh... now another famous artist of the fine arts is Jackson Pollock. Now Jackson Pollock’s art is more on the abstract side. He is well known for his splatter paintings. At first look, I thought… “what’s so hard about that?” but give it a try and you’ll realize it’s not as easy as it looks. Sure, it’ll look great no matter what, but he’s work is definitely different… definitely the wor...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Featured, Fine arts, Messy art, Teaching Ideas
Modern Day “Starry Night” Inspired by Van Gogh
by Cheryl Villareal on Nov 3rd, 2011
For art month, we’re learning all about the famous artists and their unique painting styles. They will serve as inspirations for our art activities. Now when I say inspiration, it means that we WON’T copy exactly what the artist did but probably learn something from it. Yesterday, I posted about our Sistine Table painting which was inspired by Michelangelo. You can check that out HERE. Well today, it’s Van Gogh’s turn to shin...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Eyes can see, Featured, Fine arts, Hands can feel, Messy art, Senses and Body Parts, Teaching Ideas
The “Sistine Table”- Painting Like Michelangelo
by Cheryl Villareal on Nov 2nd, 2011
Who says preschoolers are too young to learn about fine arts? It’s always better to start young right? For the entire month, we have decided to teach our little kiddos about the famous artists and their unique artistic styles! To start off, we introduced them to the famous Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti or simply Michelangelo! First, we showed the kids his famous painting on the Sistine chapel. They did not completel...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Featured, Hands can feel, Messy art, Patterns, Senses and Body Parts, Skill development, Teaching Ideas
Sponge Stamping with Shades of Blue
by Cheryl Villareal on Oct 2nd, 2011
Last year, we let the kids do some SPONGE PAINTING as a extension on our lesson about squares. The kids had so much fun playing with the sponges because of their unique texture but the teachers also had to be careful not to give the kids too much paint because they tended to let the sponge absorb too much and squeeze out ALL the paint. As fun as this may be, we weren't prepared for a messy activity that day. So instead of just lettin...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Fall, Flowers and Plants, Teaching Ideas
Colored Leaf Wreath
by Cheryl Villareal on Sep 19th, 2011
Here in the Philippines, we only have 2 seasons: Summer and Rainy. But in other parts of the world, there are 4 - winter, spring, summer and fall (made you sing didn't I?) Anyway, though we don't have those seasons here, there is never anything wrong with teaching a little more. Most kids actually know all 4 seasons even more than our own because of all the cartoons and TV programs they often watch. - So though we cannot gather REAL leaves ...Read More » Tags
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