Submitted by: Gari Stein-Music For Little Folks
Please note. Provide a good amount of time for children to explore and experiment with materials. Children might not use materials as anticipated and that is always ok. Do not demonstrate. There is no right or wrong approach.
Resource: Gari Stein…www.little-folks-music.com
Nature Walk: Provide a small brown paper lunch bag for each child. Decorate or leave plain. Collect sticks, leaves, branches, seeds, grass, dirt, flowers, etc.
If walk is not possible, provide listed materials both small and large.
1: Collage
Materials:
Glue in jars with brushes, crayons, scissors, collected items.
Activity:
Invite children to make a group mural or an individual collage of collected items.
2: Paint with Garden Tools
Materials:
Tempera paint, various colors (use the best washable paint) small paper plates for each color paint, small garden tools, large sheet of butcher block paper (for group) and/or large individual sheets of paper or newspaper, glue, seeds & other items listed above
Activity:
1st experience-children paint with the tools.
2nd experience-add glue and collected materials, to the tools.
Submitted by: Gari Stein-Music For Little Folks
www.little-folks-music.com
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