Teach preschool-aged children to be creative with art activities.
Art is an important area of learning for preschool students. It promotes creativity and individuality as the child makes decisions while creating a piece of art. Additionally, art activities like drawing and painting improve a young child's hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. Art can be practiced on a daily basis in school or at home.
Painting
Get preschool students excited about art by assigning fun painting activities. Students can paint with objects like paintbrushes, feathers, marbles, yarn, colored ice cubes or fingers. Allow students to paint on various surfaces and objects beyond a basic piece of paper. Preschoolers can paint eggs, leaves, rocks, lampshades, beans, seashells, balloons or flower pots. Try to match what students paint with a specific season or holiday. For example, students can paint eggs during Easter time and leaves in the fall. Do not worry about students getting messy during painting. Allow students to explore this medium. However, have the appropriate supplies such as aprons, washcloths, gloves or hand wipes. Encourage students to participate in the cleanup of painting.
Drawing
Allow preschool students to learn through drawing. Students can use various tools to draw such as a pencil, pen, marker, crayons, chalk or colored pencils. Preschoolers can explore through drawing by practicing writing letters, numbers, lines, polka-dots, shapes, people, animals, food and objects. Let the children draw on surfaces like lined writing paper, construction paper, poster board, sidewalks, pavement, tin foil, cups or plates. Assign specific drawing activities for students, but also give preschoolers the opportunity to free-draw occasionally to fully use the imagination. When giving time for free-writing encourage students to draw whatever they desire and not what other students are drawing. Push for students to be individuals. Once a student has finished a drawing, ask the student to briefly explain to you what it is. Write down word-for-word on the artwork what the student says.
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