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Explore the Rainforest from Experience Early Learning (formerly Mother Goose Time) has been so much fun! Today we learned about geckos and explored Aboriginal Dot Art.
After all, preschoolers love little critters as well as getting messy, which means this was pretty much the perfect day!
One of our favorite things about this curriculum is the Invitation to Create process art activities that are included in each week's Teacher Guide.
Today's Dot Art for Preschoolers was obviously no exception.
Each of the process art activities from Experience Early Learning include a list of prompts to get the children thinking. Today's prompts were:
What do you notice about the Aboriginal art?
How will you design your gecko's skin? What materials will you use?
How can you use the cotton swab to make different types of marks?
The preschoolers got busy creating their amazing gecko art and it was definitely so much fun to watch them work. That's one of the best things about small group activities.
I especially loved seeing all of the different patterns the children created for their "gecko skin."
Being able to sit down with a group of children and talk through what they're making is a wonderful way to encourage communication skills as well as creative thinking and problem solving.
Experience Early Learning (formerly Mother Goose Time) makes it quick and easy to plan engaging hands-on activities that allow our preschool children lots of opportunities to learn through play.
Don't forget to check back next week to see what we're up to as we continue to Explore the Rainforest!
