Tag: art
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Let’s Chat with Artists: Aline Bloch
In our free online lesson Reduce, Reuse & Recycle, we show you how to create art out of seemingly useless items that would normally end up in trash. The bright pink art piece that we made was inspired by Louise Nevelson, a famous sculptor who lived in the past century. We recently had the opportunity…
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Virtual Preschool: Three Little Pigs
Three little pigs have been my favorite story for a long time. I love the different versions of the books and I know kids just adore building the houses, knocking them down and pretend-play the big bad wolf. It is always a hit. This week we make puppets for our retelling of the story and…
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Color Exploration
Going back to school holding a pumpkin spice latte in the rain to do an exploration unit of color and you know it’s September. We always start that way in one form or another. All our kids love mixing colors, making new ones, giving them names… and are fascinated by the relationships of primary and…
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Shaving Cream Cupcakes (bakery project 8)
Today we made cupcakes. Cupcakes with shaving cream. We love combining sensory exploration with art. These two things go together so well and at this time and age when kids are afraid to get their hands dirty, it is something we try to do as much as we can. We started with shaving cream and…
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Acrylic Paint Pour
Mesmerizing art in a cup. This is such fun (and highly addictive) activity! We tried it once and we knew we were hooked. It’s so easy. First, you need to mix your paint. You need a cup and a Popsicle stick to stir it (for each color). Then take: acrylic paint little bit of water…
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Gingerbread House
Every year we take the biggest box and change it into a cardboard gingerbread house. It is so easy and the kids love it. I just ducktape a roof on top of it and cut some doors and windows. The kids do the rest. Every morning I offer something else to decorate it with: paint,…
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Pumpkin Painting Hedgehogs
After we hammered our pumpkins, we decided to reuse them. The natural thing was to carve them up, scoop them out and wash the seeds. It was a wonderful idea, I thought, but the thing was – nobody wanted to touch the pumpkins once we cut them open. We had to give them spoons but…
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Too Much Glue
Kids love glue. I love it too. So I don’t insist they only use a little bit in their work. I explain the benefits of little vs. ton of glue… but let them decide and try it out. After all, glue is fun. It is a really great sensory activity, it is affordable and using too…
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Our Narrative Blanket, part 1
I have always admired Faith Ringgold and her narrative blankets. She does such a wonderful job capturing the emotion, combining different textures, colors and moods. I have always wanted to make an art inspired by her with my students. Tar Beach (Part I from the Woman on a Bridge series), 1988 (Gauggenheim Museum) Being a preschool…
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Weaving Project
What do you do with a leftover rain gutter mesh and tagging tape? You use it to weave these awesome kites/wind chimes/paintings (as they were called by the kids). We love upcycling whatever we can use. We use paper toilet rolls for printing circles when we learn about shapes. We use bottle caps for wheels…
Artree: online preschool 