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This week with Experience Early Learning (formerly Mother Goose Time), we're exploring Art in the Netherlands & Spain, and today we studied Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with the Pearl Earring.
Today we're answering the questions, "What do you notice about the girl in the painting?" and "Why is she so famous?"
We searched for pearls as well as traced pearls to practice math and literacy skills.
The pearl search was a great way to practice spatial awareness, gross motor skills, and of course number sense. We pretended that pompoms were pearls and tried to find as many as we could without looking.
Tracing pearls was an opportunity to practice pre-writing and fine motor skills. We used circular objects to trace around as well as making circular shapes using playdough.
We gave each of the children the same materials to recreate their own version of the painting and then asked why everyone's artwork is so different even though they started with all the same supplies.
The preschoolers answered because we are all different people, which led to an amazing discussion about all of us being different and why that's a wonderful thing.
We each started out with the same materials but then got pencils and personalized our artwork. One child even decided to add freckles.
The children had so much fun with today's Girl with the Pearl Earring activities.
Don't forget to check back next week as we wrap up our Art Studio preschool theme from Experience Early Learning (formerly Mother Goose Time).
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