May is National Museum Month! Visiting a museum at any age can be a fascinating, rewarding and educational experience. However, not all of us are blessed to have good, quality museums in our area, so here are a few ways to bring the museum to you!
At the preschool where I work, I am the Queen of the Felt Board. There is nothing more fun for me than storytelling with felt pieces. Not only can “regular” people or objects be used, but random shapes (triangles, circles, hexagons) can be used to create the visual parts of a story. And, the pieces can be used to create a new story as well.
So, it should come as no surprise that I made my boys a felt board.
Spring is a season of change. The colder temperatures slowly give way to warmer and longer days. Children beg to play outside as much as they can, so when the rains come, they aren’t always a welcome sight. Here are a few suggestions to keep your kid happy and having fun, even when it means staying inside for the day. Read more…
If you spend any significant amount of time around children, you are most likely going to be the proud recipient of a handmade gift: a picture of a house, some stick people or another treasure. And, if you keep these creations, you are probably going to end up with enough artwork to wallpaper the living room within a matter of weeks. Children love to create, and they love to create when you love to display it. So, make their artwork into something fabulous with these simple steps. Read more…
“It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.” Words have never been truer than when in relation to children and what they do - make a mess. Read more…
Children are uninhibited creatures. They are much like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, right before the snake showed up and ruined the party. It isn’t until we put parameters on them that they start to lose that inhibition and practice boundaries. In art, however, the fewer parameters we place on a child, the more they blossom. Read more…
