Scribble SpotMaterials: Paper attached to wall at child's level, fat crayons, yarn.
Age: 10 months+ Allows children to be creative while also working on fine motor skills and social skills when hey scribble side by side. Tie a crayon to the end of a piece of yarn, leaving the string long enough so it will dangle in front of the paper. Allow them to scribble whatever they want to get used to holding the crayon. You can change the color of the crayon everyday and hang their art. You can even make a specific wall just for drawing on, using chalk board paint. As they get older you can use other kinds of art material like paint or pastels. Then use different objects to color around or paint with. |
Chalk on the SidewalkMaterials: Sidewalk, large chalk, moist wipes.
Age: 12 months+ Children will use large swinging motions, rather than smaller motions used in a small space. While outside bring out a bucket of chalk and allow them to scribble on the sidewalk. As the teacher/parent you can draw shapes and animals. Getting the children to use their imagination with stories to go with the drawings. As they get older you can draw the ABC's or 123's on the sidewalk and ask them to find certain letters or numbers. The will learn to recognize the letters, numbers and their shapes. How long do the children stay focused on scribbling? Let them wash away their drawing with water or leave until it rains, hen notice what happens. |
Rain PaintingMaterials: Large butcher paper, powdered tempera paint in shaker jar
Age: 24 months+ This activity ill broaden the children's observation skills. All the children to shake the different colored powder on the paper. You can either leave the paper outside on a rainy day by the window where the children can see or use a spray bottle so they can see the effect more up close. The children can have more control of where the water hits with the spray bottle. Help the children discover the changes that are happening on the paper. What interesting things did the children come up with? Did they discover any shapes? |