Creative Arts
Ways children go about engaging in sensory-motor experiences.
5 Materials that can be used to facilitate learning: dress up clothes, pots and pans, playdough, paints, and musical cd's.
1
Planning Form
Name of Activity
Cooking
Originating Idea
Children play “dress up,” imitating familiar adults
Curriculum Area
F. Creative Arts
36. Imitating and pretending: children imitate and pretend
Materials
Safe cooking items for children (pots, pans, wooden spoons, bowls, etc)
Appropriate Age group: Toddlers
Beginning of Activity
Children dramatize real-life events that they have seen modeled for them by the adults in their lives.
Middle of Activity
Your ideas for scaffolding children at different developmental levels
Early:
Children will take the spoon and put it in their mouth, they may also use the spoon and bang it on the pots and pans.
Middle:
Children will put the spoon inside of the pot or pan and take it out, repeatedly.
Later:
Children will put the spoon inside of the pot or pan and attempt to stir and cook like they see adults do.
End of Activity
Sing the classroom clean-up song while assisting the children in cleaning up our toys and putting them away.
Follow-up Ideas
Introduce basic cooking activities into the classroom and allow the children to assist in making special no-bake treats (making sure to follow the classroom allergy and preference guidelines).
2
Planning Form
Name of Activity
Sandpaper Coloring
Originating Idea
Children develop small motor control and enjoy scribbling with crayons
Curriculum Area
F. Creative Arts
37. Exploring art materials: children explore building ad art materials
Materials
Sandpaper, white paper, crayons
Appropriate Age group:
Infant and toddlers
Beginning of Activity
Children explore sandpaper and then use a piece of paper to color on top of the sandpaper.
Middle of Activity
Your ideas for scaffolding children at different developmental levels
Early:
Children will explore the feel and taste of sandpaper, white paper, and crayons.
Middle:
Children will use the crayons and attempt to make marks on the white paper, sandpaper, and or surface they are sitting at.
Later:
Children will use the crayons and scribble or draw on the white paper.
End of Activity
Sing the classroom clean-up song while assisting the children in cleaning up our crayons and putting them away. Artwork gets labeled by the teacher and hung up in the classroom.
Follow-up Ideas
Use paint and paintbrushes instead of crayons. Allow the children to create their art on the actual sandpaper instead of on a separate piece of paper.
3
Planning Form
Name of Activity
What's that?
Originating Idea
Children sign or say the names of classroom toys
Curriculum Area
F. Creative Arts
38. Identifying visual images: children respond to and identify pictures and photographs
Materials
Laminated photos of classroom toys
Appropriate Age group:
Infants and toddlers
Beginning of Activity
Children practice labeling favorite classroom toys and objects.
Middle of Activity
Your ideas for scaffolding children at different developmental levels
Early:
Children will put pictures in their mouth to explore the taste and texture of the photos.
Middle:
Children will point out different objects in the pictures
Later:
Children will point to, sign, and or say the name of the toy
End of Activity
Sing the classroom clean-up song while assisting the children in cleaning up and putting the pictures back on the toy baskets, the wall or album from which they came.
Follow-up Ideas
Children will learn and label their classroom and eventually the world around them outside of the classroom.