Pre K

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DIY Paper Lion

Enjoy making a paper lion, tiger or giraffe in a few simple steps. Explore San Diego Zoo Kids to learn more about your animal in their habitat.

Swinging Snail

How to Make a Self Portrait

A self portrait can be your whole body or just your face area. Begin with large geometric shapes to make your body, arms, legs and head. Next, add smaller shapes and details to for your clothes, shoes, face and hair. If you have a pet at home have fun including them in your self portrait.

DIY Literacy: Pipe Cleaner Caterpillars

Discover new adventures using line with your pipe cleaner caterpillar. Enhance this manipulative lesson interacting with your child to draw and form different types of lines; slanted, diagonal, zigzag, curly, swirl, vertical, horizontal and wavy.

Ready Set Draw-ish!

Lesson: Watch the audio book "The Dot". Than provide mixed assortment of supplies for your child to explore various ways to create their own dot work of art. Various size papers, markers, crayons, paint or play dough could be a fun way to explore dot designs. "Ready Set Draw-ish!" is a video of author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds discussing his book "The Dot".

Teaching Kindergarten Textured Clay Turtles

Clay Lab for Kids- Textured Turtles

How to Make DIY Animal Planter

Lesson: Recycle plastic bottles to create fun indoor planters. Display completed planters in your kitchen along with various herbs to add additional flavoring to foods all season long.

5 Easy Paper Roll Crafts

Exploring Triangles with 3d Chick Cards

Easter STEAM Activity - Exploring Triangles with 3d Chick Cards (Lesson Plan)Fun SIMPLE STEAM Activity for Easter. A great addition to any lessons exploring TRIANGLES. Learn how to turn a triangle into a cute 3d Hen & Chick Card. Extend the lesson by decorating the Easter Eggs with more Maths Shapes or shape stickers. With older children, have a mindful Zentangle session...

Candy- Filled Easter Egg Carton Chicks

Candy-Filled Easter Egg Carton Chicks | Egg Carton CraftsDon't you love simple crafts you can do with your kids? These fun little candy filled Easter egg carton chicks are a super cute Easter craft idea for kids.

DIY How to Paint Rocks, The Kindness Rock Project

Homemade “Heart Felt” Stamps | Crafts for Kids | PBS KIDS for ParentsFinding successful and safe ways for children to make their own stamps always feels extra satisfying. Why not try craft foam? Craft foam can easily be cut with small (and not-so-sharp) children’s scissors and absorbs ink/paint nicely for printing. Here’s a simple technique for creating stamps that could be applied to many artistic pursuits for multiple ages.

Make Your Own Wrapping Paper

Make Your Own Wrapping Paper – Paint and Draw | Tate KidsLearn how to make your own wrapping paper with this potato printing art activity for kids. Perfect for Christmas and birthday presents!

Tate Paint Game

Tate Paint – Game | Tate KidsPaint like an artist in this painting game. Play cool free art games, digital painting, quizzes and puzzles on Tate Kids

Mouse Shapes

Lesson: Parent and child can work together to cut out colored geometric shapes. Next, arrange geometric shapes to create recognizable pictures such as mouse, cat or house. Lastly, glue your favorite shape design for display.