Loose Parts Play
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Mosaic "Snowflake"
The template on which the corresponding things are assembled is drawn on a transparent plastic material. It can be used both for light boxes and on a table. Use buttons, pebbles and beads of different sizes to assemble flakes. ...
Loose parts provocation - Ants
Individual work
A provocation is an activity where the learners must use their imagination to create something. Our theme was "Ants" and decided to do this fun activity with them. You place small rocks and pieces of broken sticks into 2...
Nature objects self portrait
Portrait with nature items During September we have been working on recognizing parts of the face and names. Using different techniques: puzzle with the children’s picture, color on their photo with oil pastels, trace with markers, ...
Playdough Self Portrait
All about Me theme activity. Laminated page shows an oval, titled self portrait. Kids can repeat this activity another day using other forms of media. Today we used play dough to craft self portraits. Excellent practice with motor...
Creating Nature-Based Loose Parts Mandalas
At the Gratitude Garden Preschool, they created nature-based mandalas as a fun loose parts activity! What is a Mandala? A mandala is a geometric configuration of symbols. Mandalas encourage mindfulness, with the person...
Loose Parts Snowpeople Craft
They made snowman and snowwoman collages out of loose parts at Sunshine Academy--Utah Preschool and Daycare. The kids had so much fun creating these gorgeous snowpeople and loved showing them to everyone! How the Snowpeople...
Crazy face: parts of the face game
Hello, guys! Hope you are all doing great! In this oportunity, I'm sharing with you this awesome game. It is easy and simple to make, all the materials are right next you at home or super easy to get, you just need: paper, colours...
Loose Parts Portrait Craft Idea
At Washington Street UMC Preschool they made portraits out of, "Loose parts, " and the results were spectacular! The kids were so creative in using assorted objects to create their portrait. How to make you own loose parts...
Part-to-Whole Shape Activity
At Austin Thrive Preschool in Austin, Texas, they had fun doing an activity with shapes where they combined them together so that instead of being parts of shapes they were a total whole!
How to Prepare for the Part to Whole...
Loose Parts Play Activity With Buttons
At Ja Happy House Childminding in Birmingham, United Kingdom, they had fun doing a loose parts play activity with their young students.
It was loose parts heaven for the kids as they took a shallow tub and filled it with...
Wassily Kandinsky Art Recreation Activity for Young Children
At Peter Pan Schools in Almeda, California the young students learned about Wassily Kandinsky and then were invited to work at recreating his style of art in a fun activity!
Wassily Kandinsky was actually among the initial...
Square and Rectangle-themed Activities and Art Projects
We are steadily learning our squares and rectangles. I have set up many fun activities for the children to explore the shapes and sort the rectangles from the squares.
Also featured are two process art activities. One where...
Circle-Themed and Circle-Filling Art and Activities
All about circles and the letter O. This is a mixture of traditional preschool approach and loose parts. One project is open ended process art ( which is what I offer 95% of the time, while the other was more teacher...
Creative Building, Stacking, and Sorting During Free Play with Mixed Objects for Preschoolers
I often share the table top activities that I set up for my students to explore. These usually enforce our current unit. It could seem that that is all we do in our classroom from the posts.
Actually, my favorite part of...
Triangles and Filling Space
We have done many weeks of shapes at our preschool. When we did triangles, I also wanted to work on the concept of filling a space. Therefore, I outlined triangle shapes on the carpet and gave them many options as fillers. I also...
Van Gogh-Inspired Art Activities
The 2nd-grade students at East Washington Academy in Muncie, Indiana loved reading the storybook, "Vincent Van Gogh's Cat. "
It imagines a scenario where Vincent Van Gogh's cat goes from a stroll that happens to take...
Glass Beads Activities for Kids
At Robots and Mud Pies Preschool in Henrico, Virginia, the children had a fantastic time using glass beads throughout an exciting week!
Some students, "Traced, " designs on paper with the glass beads and others created...
Grinch Tree and Dress Me Up Play Invitation
Last Monday we built a traditional Christmas tree using cedar leaves and loose parts ( see post entitled Christmas Tree Building Play Invitation Using Nature and Loose Parts . The kids loved the activity and since the cedar leaves we...
Christmas Tree Building Play Invitation Using Nature and Loose Parts
Christmas tree building play invitation using nature and loose parts.
Today we had a Christmas tree building play invitation activity using nature and loose parts
. We used cedar leaves, pine cones, pine log, ...
Celebration of Fall
We have been loving our celebration of this autumn season. Leaves galore. I have been slowly adding loose parts into our work time. My classroom is a mix of many philosophies. Also, I enjoy offering the children many different...
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