Category: Invitation to Create

• 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…

• Create an African Necklace

  

  During their early years, children become aware of their surroundings. They start noticing the differences andsimilarities of their peers and things around them. This is an important time for parents and teachers to help children attain a positive attitude and perspective of themselves and of different cultures. We can help by talking to children about…

• Draw an Elephant Invitation to Create

  

  Elephants are amazing creatures! Preschoolers learn about Wild Safari Animals in Going on Safari. Elephants are the largest land mammal. They are herbivores and eat grass, plants, and bark. Elephants take care of one another. If one elephant is sick they will stay with it. Just like us, their body parts help them do daily…

• Invitation to Create: Process Art for Preschoolers

  

  Try these tips for how to set up an Invitation to Create where your children will be inspired and ready to express their ideas artistically.  What exactly is an Invitation to Create? It is simply a way of displaying materials so that children feel inspired and ready to create from their own imaginations. It focuses…

• Art for All Ages from 2-8

  

  When it comes to preschool art, think outside the lines and far beyond the finger paint! Art may seem like a basic preschool staple, but it is much more. In fact, art is often the first vehicle that truly invites children to view life differently. Through art, children enter a world of beauty, color and…

• Self-Exploring Through Unguided Art

  

  Children have a natural tendency to create and explore. Play and open-ended activities give children freedom to express themselves and art is one medium in which children are able to do so. Art provides opportunities for children to experiment, create, build and represent/symbolize experiences while making sense of the world around them. When guiding children’s…

• Art Is Smart! But Why?

  

  Welcome to a process-based art experience! Children have daily opportunities to explore the form and function of art while using critical thinking to express themselves and problem-solve with creativity. When guiding children’s art activities, the “process” takes precedence over the “end product.” This year, Experience Curriculum art is divided into “Invitations to Create” and “Make &…