Art Activities
These activities will bring out the artist in your child.
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Topic or Theme
Identifying letters in a child's name and listen to ABC (The Alphabet Song)
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First Name
Brief description of activity or summary of tasks and/or materials used.
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Heart Fun
Listen to song "You'll Be In My Heart" and make a collage of hearts
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Heart Fun
Listen to song "You'll Be In My Heart" and make a collage of hearts
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Making a Stop Sign
Measuring and cutting to make octagon
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Making a Stop Sign
Measuring and cutting to make octagon
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Rainbow
Sing to songs "Roy G Biv" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" while drawing and learning the colors of the rainbow
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Rainbow
Sing to songs "Roy G Biv" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" while drawing and learning the colors of the rainbow
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Hand Tracing
Listen to "I Believe in You", practice tracing and counting fingers
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Hand Tracing
Listen to "I Believe in You", practice tracing and counting fingers
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Cutting & Pasting
Listen to "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" and design a container with letters - G & Y
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Cutting & Pasting
Listen to "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" and design a container with letters - G & Y
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Painting
Listening to song "Race: The Final Starlight Express" and painting
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Painting
Listening to song "Race: The Final Starlight Express" and painting
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Paint Smock
Making a personalized art smock
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Paint Smock
Making a personalized art smock
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Making Circle Clouds
Developing finger dexterity and estimation skills
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Making Circle Clouds
Developing finger dexterity and estimation skills
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Shape Placement
Creativity with shapes
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Shape Placement
Creativity with shapes
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Body Drawing
Listen to song "Stand By Me" or a different song while children decorate a paper cut out of themselves
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Body Drawing
Listen to song "Stand By Me" or a different song while children decorate a paper cut out of themselves
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Potato Printing
Making potato print wrapping paper to reinforce shapes
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Potato Printing
Making potato print wrapping paper to reinforce shapes
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Making Mittens
Developing scissor and drawing skills
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Making Mittens
Developing scissor and drawing skills
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Heart Fun
Watercolor painting of hearts
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Heart Fun
Watercolor painting of hearts
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Making A Yellow Placemat
Drawing, listening and following directions
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Making A Yellow Placemat
Drawing, listening and following directions
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Edible Bracelet
Teaching color patterns with cereal and finger dexterity
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Edible Bracelet
Teaching color patterns with cereal and finger dexterity
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Activity Skills Focus
1 Social / Emotional Skills
Skills that develop children’s ability to understand the emotions of others and help children recognize and use appropriate social behaviors (for example, making friends). In the Department of Education report “Guiding Principles A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate of January 2014 it states “strategies such as social-emotional learning programs that address non-cognitive skills, including problem-solving, responsibility and resiliency, can also help students develop the skills needed to fully engage and thrive in the learning environment.”
2 Language Skills
Skills that help children understand and communicate during early childhood. The alphabetic principle (knowing letter names and sound-letter matches) aids in language development and is enriched by verbal interactions with other children and adults (reading aloud and engaging in conversation).
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3 Math / Science Skills
Math and Science skills help children with problem-solving and reasoning. Exploring numbers, patterns, and measurements by using math manipulatives (beads, counters, pennies) are all ways children develop their math skills. Asking questions about their surroundings, learning a science vocabulary (predict, observe), and having hands-on experiences with their environment can help develop their science skills.
4 Motor Skills
Motor skills are actions that involve the movement of muscles in the body. They are divided into three groups:
1. gross motor skills, which are the larger movements of arms, legs, feet, or the entire body (crawling, running, and jumping)
2. fine motor skills, which are smaller actions, such as grasping an object between the thumb and a finger (pencils or scissors)
3. sensorimotor skills which use the five senses to guide physical motions as in eye-hand coordination.
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5 Problem Solving Skills
Skills that help with the construction of thought processes, including memory, problem-solving, and decision-making.