Shape Art

We were working on shapes this day so I traced several shapes of different sizes onto different colors  of paper and then I encouraged the kids to create something with their shapes. This child (above picture) decided to make an animal train with their shapes. This is great for cutting and learning their shapes and colors as well as sizes and imagination.

It looks like we had 2 animal trains that day. 

The above picture was actually a part of our Dinosaur theme. The kids were making shape Dinosaurs. This was a 2 year old that glued all the shapes onto the dinosaur.

Creative Art - Construction

I had a bunch of recycled materials saved for the kids to create something, so we set it out and let them have free reign. 

This gives the kids a new dimension in learning as they get to work in 3D. 

This is great for getting their minds to solve problems. 

Each child faced a problem in their design and had to figure out ways to solve it. 

Maybe it is because we are a family of 8, but it took no time at all to save up the discarded materials for this activity. 

Lesson: Don't leave cups of water on the table, that ruined quite a bit when my cup was knocked over. 

I need to do this activity more often. It gave the kids plenty of time to create something they loved and to work through and solve problems.