Category: Creative Arts

• How Was Your Day?

  

  Start a conversation about your child’s work. Each month, your child will be creating art, participating in classroom projects and sharing what she learned. Watch for exciting activities to come home and use them as communication tools to talk to your child about what she is learning. Here are some ways to navigate asking “How…

• 3 Ways to Incorporate Loud and Active Play in Daily Routines

  

  Crash…Bang…Giggle…Boom! The early years are a time when children are learning about the world around them through experiences. By providing opportunities throughout the day for children to engage in loud, active, energizing play, we are supporting brain connections and developmental skills. So, how do teachers bring loud and active play into the daily routines of…

• 5 Ways to Explore Creativity with Toddlers

  

  Exploring Creativity with Toddlers Toddlers are busy little people with so much to explore. Their attention spans are short and their energy levels high. Teachers and parents are often frustrated when they prepare for art projects that do not go as planned. Psychologist Lev Vygotsky once said, “It must not be forgotten that the basic…

• What Makes Music for Infants So Special?

  

  4 Features of Experience Baby Music Did you know? Our infant curriculum includes 12 new songs every month that offer opportunities for babies to relax, move and learn new vocabulary. Explore self-soothing techniques, such as rocking and sucking, during these soft lullabies. Respond to changes in tempo, vowel sounds or instruments. Explore simple movements by dancing along to songs that have intentional…

• Make & Play: Creative Art & Play Props

  

  Experience Curriculum offers two different methods for creating visual arts including Make & Play and Invitation to Create. Make & Play Creative Arts are art projects children can play with. Creating and then playing with the prop extends learning. READ: Why are music and art so important? What are Visual Arts? There are 4 areas…

• Assembling a Make & Play Headband

  

  Headbands are often included in the Experience Curriculum kits for children to decorate and wear for dramatic play. A simple headband can make role-playing or pretending to be an animal so fun. Wondering how to best assemble a Make & Play headband? Follow the simple directions below. 2. Either before the child decorates the headband…

• Large Group Activities: Music & Movement

  

  Large Group Teaching Strategies What is the role of the teacher during large group teaching? How can you implement developmentally appropriate experiences for all children?  Learn how to design developmentally appropriate large group experiences and techniques to keep children actively engaged in large group activities including Circle Time, Storytime, and Music and Movement. READ: Large Group…

• Benefits of Collage Art

  

  Collage art projects are types of open-ended process art included in both the Experience Toddler and Experience Preschool curriculum. Process art supports the development of creativity. Collages are a simple craft activity that involves gluing paper, recycled or natural items to paper. Through creating collage art young children are encouraged to express themselves through their…

• Understanding Invitations to Create

  

  Invitation to Create is a process-based art experience offered by Experience Curriculum that embraces a constructivist approach to teaching. It supports the highest standard of early learning research where materials are provided for children to use and explore as they desire. Invitations to Create support creative development through process-based learning and promotes child development. What…

• Health & Fitness-Themed Invitation to Create Art Ideas

  

  The process of creating open-ended art offers children opportunities to explore a range of art techniques while also strengthening their creative thinking skills. Try the following Health & Fitness-themed Invitation to Create Art Ideas in your classroom! Vegetable Stamp Art The Vegetable Stamp Art Invitation to Create offers children a colorful way to explore vegetables…