Guiding Art, Block building, and Sensory Experiences
1. I can explain how art experiences promote physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth
2. I can describe techniques for guiding art experiences
3. I can list the stages of art skill development.4. I can compile a list of art supplies needed for a
well stocked classroom.5. I can plan a variety of art, block building,
sensory, and woodworking activities suitable for young children.
The importance of art
• Through art experiences children to:– Express feelings– Develop creativity– Respect the property and work of others– Explore possibilities by finding new ways of using
materials– Use a variety of tools– Mix materials– Become aware of color, texture, line, and form– Build problem-solving skills
The importance of art
• Learning opportunity to think, plan, and express their ideas
• Promotes: physical, cognitive, social, emotional growth
Physical Growth
• Improve fine motor skills through, painting, coloring, scribbling, drawing
• Play dough works hands muscles and they learn to control their fingers.
• Fosters motor and hand eye coordination
Social Growth
• Responsibility- art work , clothing• Share – crayons, paint, etc.• Respect the property of others• Learn to value the work of others
Emotional Growth
• Express Emotions• Angry• Choose activity- hmm what will I paint• Through art children learn to communicate
and express their feelings through different mediums.
Cognitive Growth
• By exploring , experimenting, and problem solving with a variety of materials and tools they are growing cognitively.
• They color, size, texture, and shape• They learn skills like cutting, and drawing.• Cutting takes things apart. Tape or glue puts
things back together.• Visual and tactile skills are learned
Techniques for Guiding Art Experiences
• Provide various art materials• Allow for opportunities to create• Allow children to express feelings• Give them enough time• Allow them to experiment with colors and
materials• Experiences should involve all the senses:
smell, sight, taste, touch, hearing
Techniques for Guiding Art Experiences
• Teachers are helpers, not intruders• Start art activities by introducing the supplies
and tools available for the day.• Observe children during art experiences,
refrain from asking what they are doing.– Could be just experimenting with the tools– May lack the language skills to express
Techniques for Guiding Art Experiences
• Focus on the process• Make them feel successful and confident• Let them decide when the work is finished• Don’t urge them to fill up all the space• Praise all children’s work, avoid singling out
one child’s• Display the work – children feel valued
Commenting on Children’s ArtFocus is on the Process
• You’re using a purple crayon• Your work has interesting lines• What a nice yellow star you are making• You must really like the color green
Techniques for Guiding Art Experiences
• Color is not important in preschool children’s artwork
• No relationship between the colors chosen and the object
• They choose colors they like opposed to real life
Color preferences
Beutiful
•Yellow•Blue•Orange•Green
Ugly
•Brown •White•Black
Stages of Art Skill Development
Scribbles• 15 month to 3 years• Motor skills and eye hand
coordination not well developed
• Zigzags, whirls, and circles• Lines are not connected
Basic Forms• 3 and 4 year olds• Ovals, rectangles, and
circles• More control over
movements• Name their drawings and
start making connections with techniques
Stages of Art Skill Development
First Drawings• 4 and 5 year olds• First real drawings• Mimic their view of the
world• Combine shapes to make
objects or people• Later they will add, trees,
houses, cars, boats to their drawings.
Tempera PaintBuy tempera paint in a liquid or powder form.
Paint Brushes½ to 1” wide
Easels
Crayons, Chalk, and Felt-Tip Markers
Paper and Painting Surfaces
Coloring Books
Paste and Glue
Molding
• Play dough and clay• Children enjoy the tactile experience• Stimulates imagination and freedom to
change their mind• Accessories to use with play dough – cookie
cutters, rolling pins
Molding
• Two year – pull, beat, push, and squeeze the play dough
• Three year – make balls, and snake shapes• Four year – more complex forms• Five – may announce what they are going to
make before they make it
Refrigerated Playdough
• 1 cup Salt• 2 Cup Flour• 1 Cup water• 3 Tablespoons Oil• Food Coloring
Characteristics
Clay• Purchase in red or white• Red will stain clothes so
most teachers prefer white• Store in a plastic bag,
garbage pail.• Vinyl tablecloth for easier
clean up
Play dough• Softer texture then clay• Play dough can be scented• Add different textured items
to the the playdough such as rice, cornmeal , sand , oats
Cutting• Time and supplies to cut
daily• Cut in straight lines at first• Scissors should have
rounded tips• Use construction paper or
wrapping paper• Paper Flower
Collages• Selection of material
mounted on a flat surface• Introduces contrasting
colors and textures• Younger children will paste
materials on top of each other
• Make sure materials are appropriate for young children.
Block building
• The most popular center• Large and small muscles• Improve eye hand coordination• Strengthening muscles• Learning new concepts and skills
Stages of block building
• Page 287• Memory Game
Sand and Water Play
Wood working