Pre-School ART! Week 2

Today's book, "the dot" by Peter H. Reynolds, was a big hit. We made dot paintings to go with the book. Also, we finished up our dreamcatchers from last week and started a new project to finish up next week, hearts on strings.  Check out their spectacular work.

Painting rolls for "Hearts on Strings"

PreSchool ART! (1)

Today we started PreSchool ART! at the West Chester CCAA. We read "Fiona loves the night" by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest ; illustrated by Amanda Shepherd and sang the "Lion Hunt." In the story it talks about an owl, so we did 2 owl projects and started a dream project to finish up next week. The first owl project was an owl mask, the second we learned how to draw an owl and then we etched our drawing on foam and printed them! The kids loved the printmaking because they got to use the roller and could make more than one print:) Check out their cute owls!

Mommy and Me Shamrocks

Wednesday's Mommy and Me class at Exton CCAA was all about getting ready for spring! We read "Spring things" by Bob Raczka ; illustrated by Judy Stead. Our craft was a shamrock. To make the shamrock we recycled a tp roll and magazine pages. First we cut the tp roll into 4 equal rings. 3 of the rings we covered totally with magazine cuttings that were mostly green with glue. The last ring we mushed and wrapped the magazine cuttings totally around it for the stem so it looked like a rectangle. After we had all the tp rings covered, we shaped them into hearts and a stem finally hot gluing them together to look like our photo. Lots of fun! Check out the example and make one too.

Valentine Heart Strings

Our book today was "How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?" by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. We also sang the "Lion Hunt" before we made our Valentine's Day Heart Strings craft. We made our craft with recycled tp rolls, red paint, string and beads. Aren't they fabulous! They will make great window decorations year-round:)

Valentine Hearts

Today we made Valentine's Hearts using markers, coffee filters, construction paper, glitter, stamps and sequins. First we used markers to make designs on our coffee filters, then we sprayed water on them to make the colors bleed together! Next step was to dry the filters with a hair dryer. While we waited for the coffee filter to be really really dry we cut out the heart border from the construction paper. Once that was finished, we glued the parts together and decorated it with the extras:) They turned out beautiful and will make wonderful Valentines! Our book today was "How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?" by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague.

Sparkly Snowflakes at Mommy and Me

We made Sparkly Snowflakes at Mommy and Me this week! First we read a wonderful children's book "Snow Sounds" by David Johnson and sang the Lion Hunt song. Then we talked about how to create our snowflakes for different level abilities. The simplest and quickest version was to paint the pre-glued fancy Popsicle sticks white with a Q-tip and then dip in silver glitter. To step it up a notch we had markers, paper shapes and sequins to add to this version. Check out how wonderfully creative our 5-year olds and under got with this project:) And I'd like to thank our volunteer Miss Betty for all her help and love she gives our little ones in class.

Snowman! Mommy and Me

Today we recycled TP rolls to make our very own snowman! Children used white paint, string, felt, paper and more to create their pieces. We also read "Snowmen at Night" by Caralyn Buehner. Great book for the snowy season!