Easel activities

We keep a whole set of pipettes in our outdoor classroom for all sorts of exploration and so today, we set the pipettes out at the easel for the children to practice using the pipettes through a little drip drop painting...

I know from my Facebook question a few weeks ago that many (many!) of you are preschool and Kindergarten teachers. While I am loving being home with my own little ones right now, I still get the itch to be in the classroom. To plan centers, and add neat things to encourage little ones to

I recently read about this over at the Teach Preschool blog and I loved the idea of building on the easel. This week I covered our easel with contact paper and secured it with duct tape. I then put cups of pattern blocks on one side and cups of colored yarn on the other. The children have been exploring creating art on the sticky surfaces. They have made designs, pictures, patterns and it is only Tuesday! They are really enjoying this experience. Surprisingly only one child asked if he could…

ideas for a child's art easel, simple easel art projects, process art ideas for preschool

J received an easel this past Christmas. I knew it would be something that we could use every day for years! Easels can be so versatile and so much fun for kids. Like many children his age, J doesn’t sit for very long. He is much more likely to be engaged if he is standing […]

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21 AMAZING STICKY WALL ACTIVITIES – HAPPY TODDLER PLAYTIME

This collection of preschool easel art activities includes lots of simple and fun painting ideas!

Painting on foil is an easy process art activity kids will love! Foil painting is a shiny, shimmery, awesome alternative to painting on paper!

Painting on Bubble Wrap with Brayers: This is a wonderful pre-writing exercise because it extends the wrist. In this activity, the preschoolers rolled paint on the bubble wrap and then pressed paper against it to make a print. ≈≈