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| March 27, 2015 |
What a GREAT month!! Everyone enjoyed our Eric Carle ~ Author Study
unit. The students had many opportunities to create amazing artwork and explore various art materials such as paint, crayons, markers, chalk, play-dough, glue,
scissors, paper, etc.
One of our favorite discovery centers this month was the Writing
Center. In the writing center, children
are able to practice their pre-writing skills of drawing, coloring and cutting. Younger children may just explore with the
materials and learn to efficiently grasp crayons and how different motor
actions create varied lines and shapes. Soon,
they begin to draw simple images of people, buildings, animals, trees or
weather and explore adding details of color to make their picture more
interesting. By drawing, coloring and
using scissors regularly, children are building the strength of hand muscles to
support efficient use of these classroom tools.
Here are some fun activities you can do at home to encourage these
skills; color pictures at the kitchen table, cut small pieces of paper then
glue onto a collage, draw with chalk on the driveway or paint with water outside.
Thank you to everyone
who attended our ECDC Art Show & Expo!!
It was an AWESOME night!!
Enjoy your weekend!
Miss Becky and Miss Terri (Occupational Therapist)
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| Miss Terri works with students at the Writing Center |
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| Drawing with markers on the dry erase boards |
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| Students worked on following a multi-step art activity (draw, color, cut, glue) |
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| Drawing pictures from some of our favorite Eric Carle stories! |
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| Animal stencils (tracing and drawing) |
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| Working on our scissor skills (cutting) |
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| Wikki Sticks - We used waxy, bendable sticks to outline bugs and flowers |
