Category Archives: Expressive Arts

Curiosity Inquiry Creativity, Expressive Arts

Paint with String

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This is a different way to paint and  lets children explore and do things their own way.

What you need:

• Paint
• String
• Scissors
• Paper

What to do:

1. Cut short lengths of string and fill up
painting pots with various colours of
paint.
2. Make sure your wee ones are properly
covered up – it’s about to get messy!
3. Some children might try pressing down
with the string. Others might drag it
across the paper or use it as a tiny paint
brush. Whatever it is, they’ll explore new
ways to make marks and  use their own imagination. You will have a wee masterpiece when they are finished!

Curiosity Inquiry Creativity, Expressive Arts, Literacy and English, Social Studies

Creative Community

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Create your own mini version of your local area, it is
the perfect way to get your wee ones talking about the people
and communities around their home.

What you need:

• A spare table or floor space
• Some coloured sheeting or paper
• Toy buildings and vehicles, children could create their own
• Mini figurines or objects the children choose

 

What to do:

1. This is a great activity to work on together and while doing so  your children can happily talk and learn  about their community.
2. You can build up a central
road, with buildings and vehicles dotted
around. These could be toys or even local
buildings printed from google maps and
then laminated and stuck to bits of board. Or if easier draw your own.
3. Your wee ones can also make or customise
mini-me figurines which they can move
around the town.
4. It’s perfect for endless discussion on
children’s knowledge of people and communities,
like ’Me and daddy Home Bargains to buy colouring things’.
5. You can also consider changing or adding
buildings after a trip to keep it at the top
of your wee ones  minds.