Spring is Here! Spring Art Projects!!

WELCOME TO APRIL!!!

"April showers bring.............." 
How do you finish that sentence? 
Here's one possibility. 

"April Showers bring...... mud!" 

Spring-time Umbrellas with Painted Dots

Spring Rain Writing in Kindergarten 

BRING ON THE SUNSHINE!
This idea always brings a smile. You can't go wrong with footprints and a paper plate!  

Let's break out some blossom-inspiration in plenty of time to fill those spring bulletin boards. Let's get started with these painted handprint beauties. Handprints are another all-time easy-peasy project for the bulletin board. 



Looking for a fine-motor scissor skill strengthening idea? How's this for your classroom? Snip those edges on a circle. Totally developmentally appropriate. LUV the details of the seeds, don't you? 

 

I LUV LUV LUV this 'open-ended' process-work for spring. Look at all of the variations in this one class. Lots of different color choices for petals and then let the children create their own masterpieces! 

I'm also a very big fan of the collaborative Art process. This one was a major big installation up in the hallways of a MI school that I visited. Making school visits and sharing the sights along the way is so much fun! 

"Friendship Flower" Collaboration of Preschool Painted Handprints

Butterflies are a 'staple' when it comes to children's art. The folded paper 'blottos' above are a no-fail idea and yet completely unique. These next 'Eric Carle-like' creations were breath-taking in their simplicity. They were on display in Indiana and created under the loving eye of the school's art teacher. 



Spring time fun: "The Birds and the Bees" 
Let's get started with birdie eggs in a nest. Any open-ended art project that features a paper plate as a base, is one that can easily be replicated by others. These bases were painted first. Shredded bits were glued in place for the 'nesting' materials. Then everyone's favorite media material was added for the subject representation: eggs = PomPOMS!

Eggs-in-a-Nest Project: Bulletin Board for Spring 

Spring-time bulletin board in Preschool 

This next one is one of my all-time favorite ideas! I created this exercise in a VPK classroom in FL last year..... just in time for Earth Day. If you want to see just exactly how we put it together, you can go over to my blog to see the whole experience unfold.  I'm still wild about the final picture, that evolved completely naturally. Once the kiddos were all moving in to inspect the final project, I made a point to get every student's hand in the final photo. 

1. Pool Noodle
2. Tissue paper and scissors
3. Glue sticks
4. Camera + Hands = Priceless! 

As you wind down your school year here in this hemisphere and wind-up your year on the other side of the globe, I have two thoughts on adding to your classroom experience from my 'catalog' of work. The first is my digital product for a fun reinforcement of the lifecycle of frogs using my song, "Pollywog" as the 4 verse vehicle to study metamorphosis. 

"Pollywog" in Mp3 Format with Fine Motor Support Work 

And finally..... so many classrooms in Preschool and Kindergarten alike will conclude their school year with some sort of PROGRAM -- either a Mother's Day presentation, an end of the year event, or a School 'graduation' ceremony-of-sorts. One of my songs, "You're Wonderful" is the perfect choice for such an event. The digital zipped file includes a chart for the sign language -- which makes a performance just that much more memorable. Here's a glimpse at just such an event. 

Our Early Education Emporium -- the collaborative store of all of our authors and our friends just concluded our first 'quarter' yesterday!!! There are payments being calculated for our contributors as I type! Thank you readers for trusting us and adding to your resources from our cohorts! We gain additional momentum there every week. By all means, if you have 'product' to share with the early childhood world, please join us..... if you like shopping in your jammies with the authors you've come to know here -- we welcome you to visit our cyber store! 
We've spent the weekend with family, friends and our Rockie-Mountain grand-wonders. I've been chasing my wonders -- thru sand and surf. I need some time to add a little more and get this 'article' wrapped up. 

-- Debbie -- 

That's the Mr-Hubby-Clement-brains behind the EEE and our wonders!