Education
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Art Materials Tips
For Added Variety:
Tools to Paint With
Paint brushes * sponges * combs * spools * tooth brushes * paint rollers * sticks * rag strips * cookie cutters * cooking utensils *
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Art Recipes for Children 1
Art Recipes
Non-Hardening No Cook
Playdough
2 cups self-rising flour
1 T. Alum
2 T. Salt
2 T. cooking oil
1 cup plus 2 T. boiling water
Mix and knead. (Due to boiling water, cannot be made with the children)
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Art Recipes for Children 2
More Art Recipes
Face Paint
2 T. cold cream
½ tsp glycerin
1 T. cornstarch
1 tsp dry tempera paint
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Capturing Childrens' Attention
Capturing Childrens' Attention in a Learning Environment
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Children are Little Scientists
Children are Little Scientists
by Tim Seldin
President, The Montessori Foundation
Chair, The International Montessori Council
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Discovering Children Through Active Observation
One of the keys to “discovery” is active observation. Active observation is when you actively move your frame of reference to look at something in a new way. How many of you have not been able to find something that was right in front of you? You look all around with great frustration, announce to the world, “It’s Gone!” (with great emotion) only to have someone (usually a spouse, or mom) walk right over to it and then smugly give it to you.
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Encouraging Creativity At Your Day Care
The safety and well being of the kids at our day care is our primary responsibility as providers. Although we may often feel as though we are merely umpiring bedlam we are not simply caretakers but facilitators, charged with the important task of developing every aspect of these growing individuals. Encouraging creativity and imagination is a vital aspect of this facilitation role. Children are guaranteed a richer and more complete life if we have opened the door to multiple creative outlets. Here are some pointers on opening those doors. Read on »
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Games You Know
GAMES YOU KNOW…
That you forgot that you know!
- Red Rover
- Musical Chairs
- Charades
- Farmer in the Dell
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Good Day Care Hygiene Practices
Good hygiene is vital in a child care facility both on the part of the staff and the children. Your policies, cleaning and daily routines should include strict guidelines for good hygiene.
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Growth and Learning Through Manipulation of Art Materials
Growth and Learning through Manipulative Art Materials
(doughs, clays and squeezables)
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Guidelines for Open-ended Art
Guidelines for Open-ended Art
- Never alter or ‘fix’ a child’s work
- Provide a wide variety of interesting materials and choices
- Add new materials weekly, incorporating your theme if possible
- Never tell a child what to create
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How to Encourage Responsiveness in Children
How to Encourage Responsiveness in Children in a Child Care Environment
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Learning How to Pour
Learning to pour liquids is much easier if you give your child small pitchers with handles that are the right size for her small hands, and which are not too heavy for her to control when they are full. The entire process is also made much easier if as a first step you teach your children how to pour something dry, such as uncooked rice or lentils, from one small pitcher to another. For this first exercise, very small pitchers such as those used for cream are the best size. If you put a colored tray under the pitchers, any spilled rice or lentils will be contained and can be easily seen and cleaned up.
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Montessori Curriculum Explained
The Montessori pre-school classroom is a ‘living room’ for children. Children choose their work from among the self-correcting materials displayed on open shelves, and they work in specific work areas. Over a period of time, the children develop into a ‘normalised community’, working with high concentration and few interruptions. Normalisation is the process whereby a child moves from being undisciplined to self-disciplined, from disordered to ordered, from distracted to focused, through work in the environment. The process occurs through repeated work with materials that captivate the child’s attention.
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PreSchool Sample Timetable
A sample pre-school timetable for the day:
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Theme for Circle Time
Theme for Circle Time
Milk:
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What Can You Say to Children About Their Art?
“I see circles in your picture.”
“You filled up the whole paper.”
“Do you have a story you want to tell me about your picture?”
“Would you like me to write something on your picture?”
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What Message Does a Child Get From a Teacher?
What message does a child get from Teacher – directed product art and craft activities:
The adult’s ideas are more important than mine.
In comparison, someone else’s work is always better than mine.
Different is not better - all being the
same is the goal.
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Where to Get Free Art Materials
Where to get Free Art Materials
Alteration Shops/Tailors:
- spools
- fabric scraps
- buttons
- samples
- remnants
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Your Body Lesson Plan
Your Body Lesson Plan
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