ART ADVENTURES from the Lawrence Arts Center Early Childhood Education experts
Homebased projects to keep young children creative!
Art is a healing medium. At home art and play experiences can provide comfort and security during times of limited social interaction. Children need extra opportunities to express their feelings when familiar routines are disrupted, and it is often easier for children to do this through creative play experiences. This booklet is packed with ideas for creative projects using supplies commnly found around the home. We’ve also included storytime and singalong videos featuring Lawrence Arts Center teachers recorded during the spring 2020 quarantine. For more about Lawrence Arts Center art education programs for all ages, please visit lawrenceartscenter.org
PLAYDOUGH LETTER WRITING NATURE WALK Art Center Home based Project Ideas PUPPET SHOW IMAGINEER BLANKET FORT COOKING LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE PAINT RESIST STORYTIME Much love to you all from your art center family.
We want you all to know that we are thinking of you and sending you and your beautiful children our love. We believe that continuing art and play experiences in your home as a continuation of your child’s typical weekly routine experience can provide a bit of comfort and security during this difficult time. We also believe that art is a healing medium. Children will need extra opportunities to express their feelings and it may be easier for children to do that through a variety of art and play experiences.
Our Favorite Playdough Recipe Mix together in med. pan: 2 c. flour, 1 c. salt, 2 c. water 4 tsp cream of tartar, & 2 TBS vegetable oil Optional: food color Cook on med. heat, stirring until the mixture loses its stickiness and a dough ball forms. Remove from heat. Let cool before playing with it. Store in an airtight container.
Post your art in your windows & share joy with others passing by your home. Also consider posting your art on social media to encourage others & to share your creative ideas!
Write letters to friends & family
Go on a nature discovery walk. Make observations about what changes and what remains the same each time.
Include a drawing or painting.
Write it in a secret code (remember to share how to decode your message).
Storytelling Set up an Imagineer Lab Put on a puppetwith show Priscilla Howe onpuppets Zoom Gather your recyclable materials, scissors, using homemade paper, paperclips, glue, & all kinds of tape. or common household Let your little engineers explore the https://zoom.us/j/874033582 objects materials & build endless creations! Children could also write & draw about their creations.
Perhaps the kids will get Put on your puppet show inspired to make their own for friends and family — set puppets & put on a puppet up a zoom meeting to share show for your family!
Bring out the blankets & sheets. Build a fort together. Remember the flashlights, tell funny stories, play games, & have a PJ party.
Have children write & draw the ingredients in the recipe.
No-Bake Powerball snack:
1 ¼ c Oatmeal, ½ c nut butter, 3 T honey, dried fruit &/or choc chips Mix & roll scoopful into a ball. Repeat. Enjoy!
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Build a Blanket Fort
Cook together as a family.
Learn a new language!
Hola! Bonjour! Ciao!
Paint w watercolor. Shake on some salt. Observe the changes. Draw with a white crayon or wax candle first and then paint.
About Early Childhood Arts-based Education The Linda Reimond Arts-based Preschool, named for preschool founder and longtime director Linda Reimond, is for children ages 3-5 and provides social, motor, and creative experiences that excite love for learning. Music, sculpture, painting, drawing, and creative movement are integral parts of this exciting program. The curriculum developed for the groundbreaking arts-based Kelly Galloway Kindergarten completes the continuum of the award-winning academic programming pioneered at the Arts Center. With a special focus on preparing young students to develop innovation skills, the arts-based approach sets the stage for a lifetime love of learning.
The mission of the Lawrence Arts Center is to create meaningful arts experiences with and for the community through education, exhibitions, and performances.
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