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Search this blog, highschool art room: instruction and providing choice to students, early childhood art lessons: pre-k & kindergarten, many more art teachers are seeing preschoolers in the art room as part of their regular schedule.  i’ve seen a lot of questions regarding pre k classes pop up in art teacher forums.  most of these are along the lines of, just what do i do with preschoolers  so i’m going to be sharing a series of posts with lessons and class formatting ideas for preschool success in the art room this first post will cover how to structure the pre k art class..

My classes are 30 min long, which I find is the perfect amount of time to discuss an idea, explore it with art materials and have clean up time. However, if you have longer time slots, I will give you some ideas on how to use it wisely!

I recommend that art teachers dip into the vast world of preschool blogs. And there are a ton!  Really amazing resources with recipes, songs, rhymes and “science experiments”. It’s really great stuff to enhance your lesson.  Just as you might bring in a social studies element or read a book to extend a lesson with you K-5 students, you can bring in extra curriculars to pre k.  

Format the Class

As you know, children love consistency.  Using that knowledge, create a class format andstick with it.  Small children will pick up on the routine after just a few classes and your year will be much smoother.  Most likely, preschoolers will not be able to make art for thirty minutes  so create a structure of introductory activities that work for you! This is the routine I like to use, and I admit that I took most of this from the media specialist after watching her teach a class.

Gather at the same spot each class

Use an opening/welcome song, ask some questions on our topic, ex. what is the weather like today or what other kinds of weather are there, mystery box reach in (contains clue for our book/topic for the lesson), read-a-loud book, show art supplies and process we will use (on a tray), students go to art tables which are set up to create, while students create, aide and i walk around to write names, students bring their work to drying rack, a separate table station has extension activity or sensory exploration, clean up time students wash their hands if necessary, goodbye song.

It may seem like this is a ton of activity for thirty minutes and...you’re right! Little artists generally move very quickly through the activities.  That’s okay.  It’s not that they don’t care, but young children live in the moment! It will be very different from teaching your other classes, but really fun if you can embrace it.

Here are a few of  my favorite preschool blogs.  There are so many great resources, but this can get you started.

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Is preschool art part of your scheduled classes this year? They’re tiny, they’re cute and...um...what exactly can I do with them in the art room? I’m here to give you some ideas on lessons and structure for those 2, 3 and 4 year olds (yes, I’ve had students as young as 2!) in art class.

Last week I wrote about using a structured format for each class.  This is certainly not my invention. It can be observed in any early childhood room working brilliantly. So why not take that idea and run with it? 

This week I want to share two painting lessons with you.  My goal with pre k classes is to stay away from the more crafty projects and really embrace exploratory mark making, art tools and the idea of process.  However, I still want my time with the students to have structure. I use a topic theme to have students begin to make connections between their art and the world around them.  

Blue Skies Smiling at Me...

T his lesson was built around clouds as a theme.  We began with our song, and discussion questions about the weather. We happened to have had a very overcast week in my area leading up to this class so it was a perfect discussion topic.  Students were asked what kinds of weather can come out of the clouds and were eager to reply with rain, snow, lightning/thunder.

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A mystery bag includes a tactile clue on our theme each week. So this week, a bit of polyfil stuffing was my cloud.  Little ones reached into the bag without looking to feel and squish the clue before the storybook.

Our read aloud for this lesson was Little Cloud , by Eric Carle.  I really enjoy the brush strokes in Eric Carle’s illustrations and was sure to point this out to students.

After our book, I showed the children our art supplies for the main activity and the prints I pulled as art connections.  Surrealists were a fun connection to clouds, so I included a Magritte work and more modern magic realism artist, Rob Gonzales. I also had a cloud cutout with cotton applied to it as one more tactile element to reinforce the lesson theme.

Tables are set with light blue paper and tempera paints:

The children had a wonderful time swirling and mixing the paint colors on their paper.  After about five minutes, I put out dishes with cotton balls and some cut up quilt batting scraps I had.  Students had the option of pulling apart the cotton and glueing it on with squeeze glue bottles. This is lots of fun for little ones!

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When they’re done, students bring art to the drying rack and can move on to the extension activities.  In this lesson that was sensory tables. For this lesson, I had one in the back set up with shaving cream on it.  It’s super fun to ‘draw’ in the shaving cream and squish it between your fingers. If you don’t want to put it right on the table for clean up reasons, I suggest a tray like a large finger painting tray or a plastic tablecloth.  Either could be quickly swept away before the next class.

Other ideas for extension activities or sensory tables on this theme are:

Microwaved ivory soap (have you tried this it expands into a puffy cloud when heated) keep it in a bin during play exploration, crumpled tissue collaged onto shape (with glue or contact paper).

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Then of course clean up time.  This lesson is actually pretty easy because the shaving cream is their soap, they really just need to rinse.  Then the class closes with a goodbye song. I’ve used different songs from year to year. Here’s one I used called A,B,C You Later on YouTube.    It has a fun sign language component to it too, which means more great ways to build fine motor skills and make brain connections.

Another fun painting lesson for preschool is this ice cold goodness.  This involves more prep, but is really fun for kids. It’s still hot here in Nashville, so this was something we have gone outside to do.  However, you can absolutely make this work inside too.  

Our opening song was followed by a discussion about hot and cold.  The children reached into the mystery bag to blindly feel an ice pack and showed me how they shivered.  

Art displayed:

Photograph of snowy mountain, monet: the magpie, kobayashi eitaku: the snowman, kandinsky: black lines i, 1913 (to connect with our color usage).

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Our read aloud book with this lesson was called, Snowball Moon . by Fran Cannon Slayton  If the students are a little older, 4’s, I might choose a book like, Ice Boy. by David Ezra Stein instead.

Maybe you’d like to use this at the end of class instead of the beginning while you clean up!  Videos are great for those times when we need to multitask. I found a read aloud video of Ice Boy on YouTube, which you can see right here.  It’s about four minutes long.

Next, I quickly showed our art materials at our carpet area before students went to tables to experiment with the ice paints.

At first the paints were stiff, but quickly melted.  It was interesting to observe who really loved to hold it and move it around and who played avoidance.  Having popsicle sticks frozen into the cubes helped those who were more reluctant. After painting, children were invited to draw into their work with oil pastels.

Next time I would do this activity as a mono print by having the students draw with the melted ice paint on the table. By laying a paper over the top the students would print it. I think that might make the process a little more exciting with a cool reveal.

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                                      The mono print & 'plate' I quickly turned out right before clean up!

Extension Activities

Wooden beads frozen into ice placed in tub, children melted the ice with turkey basters and squeeze bottles of warm water and salt water., cold dough refrigerated play dough or homemade dough., “cold” potato game. play ‘hot potato’ as a closing game but with the ice pack..

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Although this activity requires more prep work in making and freezing the ice paint, it was such a great sensory experience for the children!

 Keep coming back for more Preschool Art Ideas.  Next week I’ll be sharing multiple activities on line and shape as we go on to explore more three dimensional materials and work on scaffolding scissor skills! Thanks for reading! 

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Today I am sharing a whole bunch of artist connected early childhood lessons-  great for Kindergarten and Pre K students.

These are lessons taught in thirty minutes blocks, they can be fast paced and incorporate several materials. Each lesson incorporates a relevant learning topic for Prek/Kinder children as well as a connection to the work of a fine artist.  

I really enjoy looking at art with small children. i find that when asked observational questions, they have great responses and make interesting personal connections to the art. but these lessons are specifically targeted towards young children and really utilize and build on age-appropriate prior knowledge.,   jasper johns numbers and letters in art.

I can identify letters and numbers 1-10 in Art.

My mystery box clue for this lesson (a box where students get a tactile or auditory clue for the lesson) was alphabet and number fridge magnets.  When I revealed the clue, spilling the letters out on to the carpet, students found the letter of their name or the number of their age.

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We looked at artworks by Jasper Johns for this lesson noting the use of primary colors and the letters and number viewed in the art. When looking at his painting, numbers 1-10, we had a little fun in counting down from ten to one ending in a “blast off!”.  This was an entertaining review in number sequencing for the children. Anyone who was able to count on their fingers also joined in with that.

Something I asked students to look for in each of his artworks was also the use of layering. This is a technique we brought into our own art works as students tore and glued paper (newspaper or other) on their background papers.

They painted those newspaper scraps with tempera paints.

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Next, students used sponge letter and number stamps (in regular tempera paint) to print all around their paper.  

I also encouraged students to write their own letter or numbers in oil pastel.  I found great paper in the scrapbook section of my local arts and crafts store with block letters.  The children loved collaging these onto their papers as yet another layer.

We finished off the works with a washi tape border.  I happened to find this tape with little numbers all over it that was perfect for our purposes!

Calder Stabiles

I can name the geometric shapes.

This sculptural lesson focused on shape while allowing students to also incorporate fine motor skills of squeezing dough, beading and threading the shapes.

Looking at Calder’s stabiles, we spoke about sculpture as three dimensional.  I used the contrast between a flat circle cut from a cereal box and a play ball (with little pictures on it).  Showing the cereal box, we noted that it was flat and the “picture” was only on one side. When I held up the little ball, we talked about how sculptures are works of Art that can be viewed from many sides, all around. So when I turned the ball, the children could see that there are little pictures on each side and can be viewed from many sides.

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To create sculptures, we used cut up egg cartons (into a section of four egg cups). Children pressed play dough (or salt dough) into each cup for weight.  Students threaded beads onto pipe cleaners and wires. A few shapes were also threaded on to these pipe cleaners. Students then had the opportunity to place the wires and pipe cleaners into the play dough, bridging them over and across to connect with another egg cup or the center point of the carton. Some students of course loved the spiky look of the pipe cleaners popping up in a straight line!  Another fun material used in this artwork was simple aluminum foil sheets.  I showed the kids how to crunch and twist them to add to their sculptures!

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Next time I do this- I would have the children paint the egg cartons ahead of time. I think they’d look so fun in primary colors.  This was a really effective way to address sculpture with these young children. 

Keith Haring Body Outlines

I can name my body parts.

With the read-a-loud, I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More, this lesson was off and running.  If you don’t know the book, the child is obsessed with painting on his body and the silly, rhyming text takes the reader through each body part that he covers in a rainbow of paint!  

I  gave the students dry paint brushes and as we read each part of the book, students “painted” their own body parts- for example, ‘Oh, what the heck, gonna paint my neck…’ had the children tickling their own neckline with the brushes!

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Viewing the art of Keith Haring, the children noticed right away that the figures seemed to be dancing.  They also noticed the theme of friendship and unity! To translate this artist to an art making experience these small artists could connect with, we chose to trace and paint body outlines.  

Using only the top half of each student’s body (waist up) allowed my paper to be a bit smaller.  I like brown butcher paper on a roll for this kind of thing! We worked together in teams to trace in chalk and then paint in the outline.  Last, a black outline was added. Let me just say- before we began this, we clearly went over painting expectations. Even though our silly story book showed painting on your body---please paint only on the paper!

Starry Night in Shaving Cream

I can identify movement in Art.  

What a classic piece of art and a great artwork to explore with small children.  Our mystery clue this lesson was an auditory clue- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. The children were excited to hear a recognizable tune and began to sing along right away!  We talked about night time and seeing the stars and moon when the sky was dark.

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Picasso Guitars

I can name parts of a guitar and tell where the sound comes from.

This lesson was centered around music and structure of the guitar.  Our mystery clue was of course...a toy guitar. Children played it and held it without any fear of hurting the instrument, and I didn’t have to worry either!  We talked about the differences between an acoustic and electric guitar (with visuals of each) and listened to a piece of classical Spanish guitar music. The children learned that the guitar is an instrument from Spain just like our focus artist for the lesson, Pablo Picasso.

Picasso has many wonderful artworks from throughout his career that include the guitar. You can select a few and talk with children about the differences in how Picasso depicts the guitar-  a good time to introduce the word, abstraction.

I wanted the kids to have more cutting experience so I incorporated it into this lesson by having students cut the guitar body shape(paper) and strings(yarn).  Learning to cut is an important fine motor skill to practice and one I always begin by reviewing how to hold the scissors. My other standard reminder is to keep the elbow in (you can ask the child to hold a file folder or paper under their arm if this is really an issue) and to use their, “helper hand” to turn the paper.

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There was also a lot of fine motor practice in the gluing aspect of this lesson as either pressing and peeling papers from the glue sponge or using the squeeze bottles of white glue were part of the process.  

Children cut and collaged their guitar pieces knowing that they could make the guitar look real or mixed up just as Picasso had done.  And it was okay to do a little bit of both! I had a poster diagraming the parts of an acoustic guitar for parts reference. Students included a body, neck, headstock, tuning pegs, the hole and strings. I really enjoyed how each guitar artwork was different and children were unafraid to tackle the subject matter.

Wrapping it Up

These are just a few jumping off points as of course, each time i taught the lessons, i tweaked our discussion questions according to the class’ ability. but that’s what i loved about these very open-ended approaches to exposing young children to fine artists.  they are in no way meant to copy an artwork. the goal is simply to look, wonder and make a connection., i work to create a space where the children can relate to the topic in an age appropriate way, always including songs, fingerplays and movement. i’m sure you have your own little tricks and tweaks you make with each class. for anyone who is struggling with teaching lesson that are open ended with young children, give these a try,  i’ve found the lessons to be structured enough to please adults and still have many open opportunities for the children to interpret the topics in their own way, have fun with those little ones- when you don’t stress, they are a blast, thanks for reading..

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Process art is a blast, as it is way more open ended. Having a theme to the lesson provides a bit of guidance and a way to tie in fine art connections and read-a-louds, which as I see it, is still guiding students through thoughtful art making according to the studio habits of mind .  I'm calling this approach, guided process . The guidance can come in the form of a example or an "invitation to create", but the end product is not emphasized.  Students may and will deviate and it creates wonderful variety.

You can’t ditch the prep completely...preschool does involve a lot of prep either way.  because they’re so young, they need to change gears frequently to stay engaged. the structure of a successful preschool art class is something i covered in an earlier blog post, which you can find by clicking right here .  what i want to share with you today are a few easy lessons., i even have a free downloadable and detailed lesson(5 pages) outline for you all get your free lesson by clicking here. .

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Now,  for even more preschool art lesson ideas!   I’ve tried to keep the subject matter of all these lessons relatable to a small child. There are fine art connections to each lesson, but the goal is more exposure than anything else.  The focus here is getting the children to explore the art making process through our theme.

-------------------------------------------------------------, lesson theme: lines, preschoolers can explore a lot about line in a hands on way by using pipe cleaners and yarn as an isolated, manipulative line., a great book to share with this lesson is, lines that wiggle. , by candace whitman. .

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There are two parts to the art creation aspect of this lesson. The first is stamping with the edge of a cardboard rectangle.  This creates prints of straight lines that can be arranged in anyway the students choose.

Also a great opportunity to discuss vocabulary like, vertical, horizontal, diagonal and overlapping., the second technique is to arrange yarn, chenille stems and thin paper strips on contact paper.   just a small piece of contact paper will do. the hardest part is peeling it all *tip peel just the corner ahead of time., i like to use contact paper for my very beginning artists before we have covered introductory glue skills.  , all the basic skills must be scaffolded with the preschoolers. this is something to be seriously considered while planning the lessons ahead., students can flip the contact paper onto their line prints themselves as soon as they are done. the paint dries very quickly from the prints and it’s important for them to experience the melding of these two line pieces. it’s also very fun and great tactile experience to feel the yarn through the contact paper.

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   Early Finishers are the real deal with Pre K artists! Ha! So be prepared with an extension activity like this one:

Develop scissor skills by practice cutting play doh ropes.  play doh scissors or safety scissors are perfect for the youngest kids to use for this when you can’t necessarily supervise the whole time (you could still be working with students on the yarn and contact paper). however, regular scissors are fine too and they are not harmed by the play doh., lesson theme: hats, although this theme may seem too broad, it’s appropriate for this age as they are often discussing subjects such as community helpers and dressing for the weather in their classrooms.  these are easy discussion topics you can bring into your lesson introduction. if you can, work with the classroom teacher to have the students wear a dress up hat to class that day to further encourage discussion and have some examples on hand. .

As my fine art connection for this lesson, I took out all the prints I had with people in hats.  Renior, Cassat and Matisse were some good artists to look at for this!

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I n consideration of scaffolding the cutting and gluing skills for preschoolers, this lesson focused a little more on the cutting skills and introduced one of my favorite tools- the glue sponge.

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  kids grasp small piecces and use the glue sponge                                             four year old student in her hat creation

Students are given a long strip of paper about six inches in width. They work on cutting one side of the paper. If you wish, you could draw a zig zag or wavy line for the older students to cut on (good for four/five year olds).  For the youngest students, just allow them to cut lines all along one side,

Glue sponges if you don’t know about these beauties all you really  have to know is:, kitchen sponge (no scrubber pad), plastic sandwich container, to work on the pincer grasp , put out a tray of small items like little foam shapes and shiny paper for the students to glue onto their hats.  , as a finishing touch, feathers are a fun addition to the top. just one or two are quite thrilling for the kids. then it gets measured around their heads and stapled together..

Early finisher ideas:

  • use play doh to make hats for figurines
  • use the hats to play the hat hokey-pokey while students are in line to exit
  • There's another Jon Klassen book about hats called, I Want My Hat Back., which might be a nice closing.
  • have a hat parade around the room, play some fun marching band music to set the mood!

 Click here to head over to my TPT store and get a copy of this Line Lesson!

Lesson Theme: Dogs

Although you have to be careful not to fall down the, teacher teacher  let-me-tell-you-about-my-pet   rabbit hole with this one, keep the discussion on track and it’s a hit.

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2 and 3 year old artists go straight to collage without painting first.

After all, dogs are animals the kids see all the time, no matter where you live and plenty of artists have been inspired by man’s best friend.

A fine art connection made was to artist, dean russo ., this lesson is meant to continue the cutting and gluing skill building while incorporating a very tactile material- fabric., find a great dog book to read. i personally love,  go away dog , by joan l. nodset as it addresses the feeling of maybe not liking dogs all that much. i use it to segue into talking about how to approach a dog you don’t know and some common dog behaviors that kids might think of a scary or funny.  .

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Speaking of funny, have you seen the Go Noodle video- Give Your Dog a High Five?

Depending on your time allotment for art creation, students can work at two stations for this theme.

 one is painting a dog house. you could use a pre-cut house shape or better yet, let the kids combine a rectangle and a triangle for a house. students paint the dog house any way of their choosing.  my focus here is teaching how to wash and blot the brush in between colors more than how they paint the house..

*tip:Put out all warm colors or all cool colors so it doesn’t matter too much if they mix all the colors anyway.

 The second station would be collaging the dog.  This could be done right on top of the dog house or a new paper.  Using different fabrics makes the choice very engaging and adds the best kind of variety to the student work. When I put out these trays for my students I confess that I had cut all the pieces.  Next time I would have the students cut certain parts of the dog by themselves. For example, cutting paper strips (instead of fabric) to use for the dog legs or nose. (Paper rather than fabric as it is pretty difficult to cut for beginners.)

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Instead of presenting all the pieces at once, invite the students to choose a head and body from one tray, take that away then present ears and noses on another tray, etc.  Embrace the process and really try not to correct any placement. Remember that many small children think of 'seeing' animals from above and may create their dog this way.

Last, washi tape or marker lines can make collars and leashes if the students wish.  , another extension activity i’ve used with this lesson has been to make a model magic bone for the dog (see bottom right photo) the bone is easy first, roll a small rope and then four little spheres to press directly onto the paper. i’ve found model magic doesn’t usually need to be glued, that wraps up my three lesson suggestions. but- don't forget about that free lesson  hop on over to that download by clicking here for the  donut lesson.   it includes a full lesson outline including, fine art connections to share, a read aloud suggestion, rhymes to use with your pre k kids and extension activities for those early finishers. .

And if you are looking for full lesson plans for the above lessons, I have it all for you over at my brand new Teachers Pay Teachers store.  With these plans, your work is done.  Add in your standards and you're good to go!

As always, thanks for reading and I'd love to hear any input you have on some successful Pre K art lessons for you.

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  • Cognitive development from cause and effect and problem-solving.
  • Math skills such as understanding concepts like shape, size, counting, and spatial reasoning.
  • Language skills as children share their artwork and process with each other and with adults.

Tips For Preschool Art Lessons

How do you teach art to preschoolers and beyond?  Here are a few ideas to support learning through art activities.

  • Provide a diverse range of supplies . Firstly, gather a wide range of materials for your child to use like paint, colored pencils, chalk, play dough, markers, crayons, oil pastels, scissors, and stamps. See our helpful supply list below.
  • Encourage, but don’t lead . Secondly, let them decide what materials they want to use and how and when to use them (make an accessible art cart or cupboard). Let them take the lead.
  • Be flexible . Then, instead of sitting down with a plan or expected outcome in mind, let your child explore, experiment, and use their imagination. Secondly, they might make a huge mess or change direction several times—this is all part of the creative process.
  • Let it go ! Next, let them explore. However, they may only want to run their hands through the shaving cream instead of painting with it. That’s OK too! Children learn through playing, exploring, and trial and error. If you give them the freedom to discover, they will learn to create and experiment innovatively.

Quick List of Preschool Art Supplies

Preschool art is all about exploring art techniques with a variety of simple materials! I find having a specific cupboard, bin, or cart handy with easily accessed art supplies is helpful. While young children will need help getting out what they need, older kids will love the freedom to create.

The supplies listed below are all inexpensive and readily available at hobby or art supply stores. Grab a storage caddy and create your own art cart to make setting up art projects in your classroom or home super easy.

Homemade Paint Recipes

Note: Check out how to make DIY Paint Recipes including watercolors, traditional paint, puffy paint, finger paint, and edible paint!

  • Flour Paint
  • Finger Paint
  • Edible Paint
  • Puffy Paint
  • Watercolors
  • Fizzy Paint
  • Washable Paint : Choose a set of assorted colors in bottles or jars. Tempera paint is safe for young kids and easy to clean up.
  • Watercolors : Watercolor paints come in trays or tubes and can be diluted with water for a more translucent effect.
  • Paint Brushes : Provide a variety of paintbrushes in different sizes and shapes, including flat, round, and foam brushes.
  • Sponges and Foam Brushes are great for creating texture and experimenting with different painting techniques.
  • Finger Paints : Use washable finger paints in vibrant colors for a tactile painting experience.
  • Drawing Paper : Have large sheets of white drawing paper or rolls of paper for kids to use as a canvas.
  • Construction Paper : Assorted colors of construction paper for collages and other cut-and-paste activities.
  • Markers : Washable markers in various colors for drawing and doodling.
  • Crayons : Non-toxic crayons for drawing and coloring.
  • Chalk : Sidewalk chalk or chalk pastels for outdoor or indoor drawing on different surfaces.
  • Playdough : Store-bought or homemade playdough in various colors.
  • Clay : Air-dry or oven-bake clay for sculpting and modeling.
  • Glue : Non-toxic, washable white glue or glue sticks for collage and sticking different materials together.
  • Scissors : Child-safe scissors for cutting paper and other materials.
  • Collage Materials : Provide various materials for collage making, such as colored papers, old magazines, tissue paper, fabric scraps, buttons, feathers, and yarn.
  • Nature Materials : For nature printing and other outdoor-inspired art , collect leaves, flowers, twigs, and other natural objects.
  • Stamps and Stamp Pads : Rubber stamps and stamp pads in different colors for printing and pattern making (my favorite and great for older kids too)
  • Bubble Wrap : For bubble wrap printing .
  • Cardboard Rolls : Use them for stamping, decorating, and making sculptures.
  • Washi Tape or Craft Tape : Use patterned tapes to create pictures, borders, patterns, and shapes or to attach collage materials in an artistic way

TIPS: Remember that safety is important when choosing art supplies for kids. Always opt for non-toxic and child-safe materials if you have young kids! In addition, include some thrift store button-down shirts as smocks!

Helpful Art Resources To Get You Started

Here are a few resources to help you introduce process art more effectively to your kiddos or students and feel confident when presenting materials. You’ll find helpful free printables throughout.

  • Free Color Mixing Mini Pack
  • Process Art Projects
  • How to Make Paint
  • Easy Painting Ideas For Kids
  • Free Art Challenges
  • The 7 Elements Of Art
  • Outdoor Art Activities
  • STEAM Activities (Science + Art)

Get your FREE printable Preschool Art Calendar!

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50 Easy Preschool Art Activities To Try

Check out these creative activities you can do with preschoolers.  Click on the image to be taken to the full instructions and supply list.

All About Me Collage

This simple art activity encourages kids to explore themselves as well as things they enjoy. Includes free printable body outline template to use.

Baking Soda Painting

Making art with baking soda paint is a fun and easy art activity for young kids. What makes the art fizz?

Blow Painting

Have you ever tried blowing into a straw to paint a masterpiece? Now’s the chance to explore awesome process art with easy materials.

Bubble Painting

Mix up your own bubble paint and grab a bubble wand. Talk about budget-friendly preschool art!

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Bubble Wrap Painting

Who doesn’t love playing with and popping bubble wrap! Make sure to set aside your next bubble wrap packaging to create colorful stamped designs inspired by famous artist, Alma Thomas.

Coffee Filter Flowers

Learn how to make coffee filter flowers for a fun and easy preschool art activity. You could also make coffee filter rainbows .

Corn Painting

Forget the paint brushes, and try this fun corn on the cob art project instead! Corn painting makes for awesome process art to explore the colors and textures of Fall.

Drip Painting

Similar, to our marble painting except this fun process art technique involves flicking or dripping paint onto canvas.

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Fly Swatter Painting

You only need a few simple materials for this easy process art activity. Therefore, fly swatter painting is great for toddlers still learning to use a paintbrush.

Ice Cube Painting

Make these really easy ice paints, grab some large sheets of paper and let the kids have fun with this outdoor art activity!

LEGO Sun Prints

Make these construction paper sun prints. Quick and easy to set up, this is a fun science activity with an added art bonus!

Magnet Painting

Painting with magnets is a fantastic way to explore magnetism and create a unique piece of art. This magnet art project is a hands-on way to learn using simple materials.

Marbled Paper

Mix up your own shaving cream paint from kitchen supplies and make this colorful DIY marbled paper. You could also try marbled paper with vegetable oil .

Marble Painting

Can you paint with marbles? Absolutely! Get ready for art that’s a bit active, a bit silly, and a little messy. Roll ’em around, mix up a few colors, and create a Jackson Pollock inspired masterpiece!

ALSO CHECK OUT: Leaf Marble Painting

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Nature Weaving

Explore the natural world around you or add in some everyday objects or found art. For example, a nature weaving project also doubles as found art!

Nature Paint Brushes

Make your own paint brushes out of natural materials and test them out!

Pinecone Painting

Nature’s bounty makes a cool paintbrush in this super simple to set up a process art activity for fall! Grab a handful of pinecones for a fantastic pinecone painting activity.

Paper Sculptures

Make these easy paper sculptures from simple shapes and explore abstract art for kids.

Paper Towel Art

This fun paper towel art is very easy to make with just a few simple materials. Combine art with science, and learn about water solubility.

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Rainbow Coloring Page

Use as a coloring page that is perfect for preschoolers or older kids too! Mix up some puffy paint and paint the colors of the rainbow.

Rainbow Tape Resist Art

This tape resist rainbow art is easy to set up and fun to do with kids at home or in the classroom. Plus, they will have the opportunity to learn about the tape resist art process.

Rainbow In A Bag

If you love the colors of the rainbow, here’s a simple and mess free sensory bag painting for kids.  Make your own rainbow painting in a bag.

Reverse Coloring

Combine painting and coloring for a fun art project for kids of all ages. Download our free printable art project and create your own colorful art.

Salad Spinner Art

Combine a popular kitchen tool and a bit of physics for cool art and science that everyone is sure to love! Take this STEAM activity outside on a nice day!

Salt Painting

A simple to set up salt painting activity for kids. Any theme, any season, all you need is a little imagination, glue, and salt.

In addition, try these fun variations…

  • Snowflake Salt Painting
  • Ocean Salt Painting
  • Leaf Salt Painting
  • Watercolor Galaxy Painting with salt!

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Shape Stamping

Painting or stamping with shapes is a fun art activity to do with young kids! Use everyday items to learn, for an easy way to teach kindergarteners and preschoolers basic shapes.

Skittles Painting

Learn how to make skittles paint and explore a simple color wheel activity for easy preschool art any day.

Snowflake Tape Resist

A super simple snowflake art project that is perfect for winter art! Our tape resist snowflake painting is easy to set up and fun to do with preschoolers this season.

Snow Paint Spraying

Can you paint snow? You betcha! Just a few simple supplies to make your own homemade paint and your have a fun winter process art activity for the kids.

Splatter Painting

Kind of messy but a totally fun process art technique, kids will have a blast trying paint splatter! Jackson Pollock is one of our favorite process artists! Give paint splatter a try, but maybe take it outside!

We also have these fun variations for you to try…

  • Crazy Hair Painting
  • Shamrock Splatter Art
  • Halloween Bat Art
  • Snowflake Splatter Painting

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String Painting

String painting or pulled string art is a great way to develop kids’ fine motor skills, and strengthen grasp and manual control. Plus, it’s fun!

Tie Dye Art

No t-shirt for tie-dye? No problem! Plus, this tie-dyed paper towel is a whole lot less mess! Find out how to make tie dye paper as a cool way to explore colorful process art with minimal supplies.

Water Drop Painting

Try this simple to set up water droplet painting activity for kids. Any theme, any season, all you need is a little imagination, water, and paint.

Water Gun Painting

Squirt guns or water guns instead of paintbrushes? Absolutely! Who says you can only paint with a brush and your hand! A fun preschool art activity for the summer months!

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Fun Art & Craft Activities With A Holiday Theme

Additionally, you’ll find a variety of art projects for kids grouped by season or holiday!

  • Valentine’s Day
  • St Patrick’s Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Ornaments

Printable Famous Artist Pack

You’ll find each of our famous artists featured in our Famous Artists Project Pack 👇   including a bonus Andy Warhol Coloring Book!

22+ artists and growing with unique projects not available on the website!

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Make Your own Paint Brush for Kids Art

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How to Paint with Bubbles

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How to Paint with Spray Bottles

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Squirt Gun Painting

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How to Paint with Feathers

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Painting with Balls: Combine Art & Science

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Easy Art for Preschooler: Paint with a Flyswatter

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Easy Art for Kids: Pool Noodle Art

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Painting Activities to Promote Fine Motor Skills

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Easy Art for Kids:  Assemble an Art Box

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Art Activities with Spider Webs

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The Best Cutting and Pasting Activities for Preschoolers

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How to Teach the Elements of Art to Preschoolers

November 9, 2016 by Sheryl Cooper

Inside: Wondering how to teach the elements of art to your preschoolers? Here are some activities we’ve done that invite young children to explore each element in a different way.

I have written quite a few posts on the value of art in the preschool classroom . Art is just as important in our curriculum as reading, writing , science, and all the other areas of learning. Teaching preschoolers the elements of art allows them to explore creativity while strengthening fine motor skills and hand-eye development.

You might be wondering how to teach the elements of art to preschoolers.

Really, it is quite easy if you provide the materials that allow preschoolers to explore. I thought I’d share some art activities our children have enjoyed over the years, each focusing on one or more of the elements.

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Disclosure: I was given a free copy of Art Parts: A Child’s Introduction to the Elements of Art for review. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.

Recently author Kim Bogren Owen sent me a copy of her book  Art Parts: A Child’s Introduction to the Elements of Art . Using simple text and children’s art, Art Parts introduces children to the 6 elements of art:

Art is lines.

Art is shapes., art is color., art is texture., art is space., art is feelings..

Art Parts is designed for children between the ages of 3-8 and includes blank pages after each element where children can experiment each of the 6 concepts. In the classroom, rather than experiment directly in the book, children can create on pieces of paper where they can then be displayed, put in a memory book , and/or taken home.

Art Parts would be a great addition to your art center. The book includes an activities page for parents and teachers to expand on concepts in the book.

After reading Art Parts, I reflected on some art that we had done in the past few years. How did we add elements to them?

Painting with Golf Balls and Marbles  

As our preschoolers moved the balls back and forth, they made lines of paint on their paper.

Spin Art Spiders

Squirting paint onto paper and then spinning it created interesting lines.

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Painting with Easter Eggs

This process was the same as the marble and golf ball painting, except we used plastic eggs instead.

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Painting Spring Flowers

We painted lines for stems using feathers.

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Colorful Waterfalls

Squirting watercolors from pipettes on a vertical surface causes the paint to drip down the paper, creating lines.

Build Fine Motor Skills with this Toddler Shapes Art Activity

Shapes Painting

Painting with shape toys onto paper.

How to Put Together a Toddler Square Art Activity that Is Busy and Fun

Square Painting

We explored squares as we stamped blocks in paint and then onto paper.

Little Blue and Little Yellow Activity

Little Blue and Little Yellow: Mixing Colors

After reading Little Blue and Little Yellow, we stamped two colors to make a third.

How to Make a Mobile for a Toddler Rainbow Activity

Hanging Rainbow Mobile

Each year we create some sort of display that features each color of the rainbow.

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Rainbow Crayons

We sorted crayons by color and then made our own rainbow crayons.

Fun Toddler Painting with Legos

Painting Rainbows with Legos

We drove Lego bricks through puddles of paint in the colors of the rainbow.

Preschool Painting with Balloons

Painting with Balloons

Using slick paper, we explored mixing colors while painting with balloons.

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Snowball Prints

Painting on top of muffin tins allowed us to experience texture as we pressed paper on top, creating a print.

Easy Pumpkin Painting for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Making Prints with Pumpkins

Wrapping our hands around small pumpkins created uneven marks of paint on our paper.

Freezer Bag Painting for Preschoolers

Painting with Marbles in Freezer Bags

Pushing marbles and paint through plastic is an interesting texture on our hands and fingers.

Toddler Painting with Balls

Painting with Nubby Balls

The texture of these balls created interesting prints as we rolled them back and forth across the paper.

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Snowflake Snowmen

While stamping with spools, we noticed the space around the paint.

We talk a lot about our feelings and will draw them on paper.

What are some of your favorite ways to teach elements of art to preschoolers?

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Picasso Faces – Easy Art for Kids: Pablo Picasso is one of the most revered of the famous artists featured in art lesson plans for kids across the world. Picasso was experimental in his approach to art, often painting a common object or person from lots of different angles in one picture. This is called cubism.

This art project has been designed to make drawing cubist Picasso faces easy for kids, with printable drawing guides and templates to encourage all children of any age or ability to have a go at creating their own Picasso styled portrait.

“E very child is an artist. The trouble is how to remain an artist once he grows up” – Pablo Picasso

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Pablo Picasso – Who is he?

Picasso was born in Spain, Malaga in 1881. From an early age he loved to draw and by the age of eight, Pablo Picasso could draw more realistically than his art teacher.

He was brilliant at drawing and loved colour, doodling; and it is suggested, he could draw just about anything. As his technique developed, he began to experiment with new ways of drawing people and objects.

In 1904, at the age of 23, he moved to Paris.

Paris was considered the capital of the avant-garde, which means “advance guard” – in other words, the people and ideas were cutting-edge and ahead of their time.

It is in Paris that Pablo Picasso befriended Georges Braque, an artist of whom he invented cubism with.

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What is Cubism?

Created by Pablo Picasso and George Braque, cubism is the term used to describe the revolutionary process of fragmenting objects and people to create a new whole with multiple viewpoints.

The name ‘cubism’ seems to have derived from a comment made by the critic Louis Vauxcelles who, on seeing some of Georges Braque’s paintings exhibited in Paris in 1908, described them as reducing everything to ‘geometric outlines, to cubes’. Art Term Cubism: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/c/cubism

Cubism – The Weeping Woman

The Weeping Woman is one of Pablo Picasso’s most well known painting. Rather than create an exact portrait of the woman’s face, he used jagged shapes, bright colours and thick black lines to present her sadness and tears.

Notice how her eyes are looking straight, while her mouth in monochrome is facing a different direction? It’s as if she is looking in two different directions at exactly the same time.

Read more about The Weeping Woman here .

It is this cubist style our Picasso Faces – Easy Art for Kids aims to explore.

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Picasso Faces – Easy Art for Kids: Who is it for?

This Picasso Art project has been designed to accommodate children from preschool and kindergarten age, to EYFS (early years foundation stage) and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grade.

Thus, Picasso art lesson plans can be adapted to suit your students age and developmental stage.

Picasso Faces – easy art for kids: For Preschool and Kindergarten – a Scissor Skills Exercise

Children have the option to colour one of the six Picasso face shapes (labelled A-F in the Arty Crafty Kids members area ) and to cut and stick features from the Picasso Face Elements template to complete a Picasso Face.

Members need to login to the members area to download the templates and access the ad-free tutorial: https://www.artycraftykids.com/product/pablo-picasso-faces-bundle/

This makes the art project easy and achievable to even smallest of artists, who will enjoy the process of practising their cutting skills to create funny faces and portraits.

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Picasso for EYFS & 1st, 2nd Grade

Younger children may begin to draw some of the features from the Picasso Face Elements template and combine them with guide cut outs.

Older children, with the aide of a pre-made face template, can follow our simple How to Draw a Picasso Face tutorial to design their own face.

Picasso for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade and Beyond

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist” – Pablo Picasso

Introducing Mixed-Media to our Picasso Portraits

No material or medium is off limits in this art project.

Use the Picasso Elements Guide to create faces from paper, cardboard and fabric. Experiment with painting techniques from bubble wrap printing to splats to black glue and add buttons, lace and recyclable materials to create features embedded within drawn elements.

The results will be bold, colourful and wonderfully strange.

With every piece, ask your children and students to think about the emotions their portraits convey.

  • Card Stock – Various Colours inc. Black and White
  • Paper – Various Colours
  • Drawing Materials – Pens, Pencils, Pastels etc
  • Optional: Cardboard and Recyclable
  • Optional: Paint – Watercolour, Ready-Mix

Picasso Faces Printable Resources: How to Download the Templates

– Six Picasso Face Shapes labelled A-F (available in B&W and Colour ) – Picasso Face Elements drawing prompt/guide

The Picasso Face templates are available to members of the Arty Crafty Kids Members area and can found by searching “Picasso Faces” – Members, Login HERE!

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Picasso Faces – Easy Art for Kids: Step by Step Tutorial

Printing the picasso templates.

Before hitting the print button, select ‘fit to page’.

For projects involving paint, I recommend printing the face shapes onto white card stock.

Remember to refer to your printer settings for a suggested weight. Most printers will print on to card weighing less than 220gsm.

Download the printable Picasso Face Elements drawing guide and Face Shapes from the Arty Crafty Kids Club.

How to Draw a Picasso Face

Step 1: Download and the print the Picasso Face Elements and a Picasso Face Shape from the Arty Crafty Kids Members area .

How to Draw a Picasso Face Step 1.

Dividing the Face

Step 2: Start from a central spot on the face shape and draw a line towards the bottom, stopping a just before half way.

How to Draw a Picasso Face Step 2

Draw a Nose

Step 3 : Select a nose shape from the Picasso Face Elements guide and from the line, draw in a nose.

How to Draw a Picasso face step 3

Step 4: From the nose, draw a line to the chin of the face.

How to Draw a Picasso face step 4

Draw a Mouth

Step 5: Select a mouth and from the dividing line, draw one half.

How to Draw a Picasso face step 5

Step 6: Draw the other half to complete the mouth.

How to draw a Picasso face step 6

Step 7: Select one half of the face and draw an eye.

If Arty Crafty Kids choose to complete the template without adding paper layers, complete the template with a second eye and colour.

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Colour the Face

Step 8: Using bold and bright colours, paint or colour in the face.

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Adding Layers, Colours and a New Viewpoint

Step 1: Cut out the whole face.

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Step 2: Using a contrasting colour, trace around the whole face to create a silhouette and cut.

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Step 3: Cut out the completed half face from the template.

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Step 4: Glue the half face to the blue paper.

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Step 5: Cut out an eye feature from the Picasso Face Elements and glue to the blue side of the face.

Alternatively, Arty Crafty Kids may prefer to draw a second eye.

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Reusing Old Art in Picasso Faces

Hair is optional extra and here we’ve painted a sheet of white card in rainbow stripes with watercolour paint.

If your Arty Crafty Kids have an old painting or patterned/coloured paper they could use, this is a great way to add texture, colour and patterns to the portrait.

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Step 6: Glue the ‘hair’ (if created) to the black card stock backing and secure the portrait on top.

The tutorial for Picasso Faces – Easy Art for Kids is now complete!

Now take a good look at the completed portraits, even place a hand over each half in turn, how many faces can be seen and how does each face feel?

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Using Mixed Media in Picasso Art

This art project is perfect for introducing mixed-media concepts and can be adapted with the aim of using recycled materials to create Picasso faces.

Here, we’ve traced a face shape onto some painted cardboard and divided the face with a piece of orange paper.

Scrap paper has been used for the neck, hair and eyes, along with scrap cardboard for the lips.

Our eyes and nose have been completed with buttons.

While simple, this is an effective example of using mixed-media in art, which adds an open-ended dynamic to the project; encouraging children to experiment with shapes, colours and materials.

Extending Drawing Faces: All About Me

The All About Me book is filled with fun drawing activities for kids that focuses on self portraiture, emotions, drawing facial features, clothing design and crazy hair play. The book consists of 7 printable templates to be used at home or within lesson plans.

As a member to the Arty Crafty Kids Club , why not expand Picasso Faces with our All About Me drawing prompts :

The All About Me book is filled with fun drawing activities for kids that focuses on emotions, self image, drawing facial features, clothing design and crazy hair play.

Happy Crafting!

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15 Simple Art Activities for Preschoolers

By: Author Tanja McIlroy

Posted on Last updated: 2 January 2023

Categories Fine Motor Skills

drawing lesson plan for preschool

Looking for easy art activities for preschoolers to do at home or at school?

The best way to get young children learning while doing art is to let them experiment with art materials and tools freely.

A search for ‘art activities for preschoolers’ on Pinterest or Google will yield thousands upon thousands of results of gorgeous-looking, fancy arts and crafts projects.

This is not that kind of article. I’d like to give you some ideas of simple, everyday, real art activities – the kind your kids will really learn from and the kind that don’t always look so fancy.

Why Is Creative Art Important For Preschoolers?

Art is beneficial for children’s development in many ways:

  • It builds fine motor skills .
  • It develops pencil grip and pre-writing skills .
  • It teaches children how to plan on paper.
  • Art develops visual perception .
  • It helps children to express ideas and concepts.
  • The process of doing creative art strengthens kids’ attention spans .
  • Art often involves problem solving .

Read more about the benefits of art for children .

15 Creative Art Activities For Preschoolers

Here are some really basic and easy creative art ideas for kids that you can do at home or school, with little prep.

Some are completely child led and some require you to guide slightly, but all are great open-ended art activities for preschoolers that will encourage creativity.

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These arts and crafts ideas are perfect for preschool-aged children as well as children in kindergarten/reception year and even beyond .

Change them to suit you, interpret them your own way or use different materials and tools.

1. Straw Painting

Straw painting can be done by splattering paint or blowing paint. Simply pick up some paint in a straw and splatter it onto the paper or put a drop of paint onto the paper and blow through the straw to make the paint spread out.

Either way, the effect is quite cool.

2. Finger Painting

Finger paint can be bought or made at home with simple ingredients. Here are some finger paint recipes to try (some are edible).

Offer your children large pieces of paper and let them go wild with the paint, with no directions. This is a great tactile experience and will work those finger muscles.

Child's finger painting artwork

3. Colour Collage

Offer magazines and sheets of white paper and ask your kids to make a colour collage with only one specific colour. They can cover their whole page by cutting out or tearing bits of paper that they find in the magazine.

Tearing and cutting are both important skills that some children struggle to master and therefore requires lots of practice.

4. Leaf Printing

Choose a variety of leaves of different shapes from the park or garden. Paint the leaves with a large paintbrush and then print them onto white paper.

It takes a lot of coordination to hold the leaves and carefully turn them over to print them. Again, let your children decide how many leaves to use, what colours to use, and how to print them.

Remember to chat about the pattern that the veins of the leaves creates.

5. Potato Printing

Potato printing is one of my favourites. If you have some potatoes that are starting to get soft, cut them in half and cut some simple patterns into them or leave them in their natural oval shape.

Then, dip the potatoes in a tray of paint and print them onto paper. Easy peasy.

Child's art - potato printing

6. Box Construction

When I taught preschool, I had a large laundry basket in my class filled with toilet rolls, cereal boxes, used tin foil and other waste materials from the children’s homes.

For this activity, you just have to trust. Make scissors, tape, glue and a variety of boxes available and see what your kids come up with. I have seen some pretty elaborate constructions happening when I left children to their own devices.

7. Shape Picture

Cut out different shapes from coloured paper and then use the shapes to create a picture. Try not to give directions and see what your children create.

You might get a train made from rectangles and circles, a house, an animal or a person.

They will need crayons to add details – such as arms on the side of the square body, or eyebrows above the eyes.

8. Bubble Picture

For this activity, you’ll need a bowl of water with dishwashing liquid and some paint or food colouring.

Ask your child to blow into the water with a straw and then turn the paper down onto the bubbles to catch them on the paper. This looks really cool!

Child's art - Bubble painting

9. Drawing an Object

There is one way you can teach your children to draw and that is to look at detail. Instead of telling your children to draw a house with a square and a triangle on top, sit on the grass and really draw your house by looking at it, describing the shapes and colours.

You may want to start with a smaller object such as drawing a plant.

I have seen 4-year-old children draw the most amazing pictures when encouraged to draw what they see and look carefully at the object. All they need is paper, a led pencil and an eraser.

10. Nature Collage

Making a nature collage is fun because you get to go on a walk in the park or garden and collect all kinds of natural collage materials – leaves, twigs, grass, flowers, etc.

All your kids need is some glue and paper to create an awesome nature collage.

Supplies for art nature collage

11. Sponge Printing

Use old bath sponges for this art. Either keep their shapes as they are or cut shapes out of them. Dip them in paint, or watercolours, and print onto paper.

12. Free Drawing or Painting

Free drawing is an important activity that children should have time for every day . As long as your children have paper and a variety of drawing tools – pencils, wax crayons, markers, chalk – they can be given complete freedom when drawing.

With time, the scribbles turn into recognizable shapes and images and later into intricate pictures filled with details. Drawing is the most basic of art activities and where creativity begins.

Children need lots of time to draw freely in order to progress through the stages of drawing .

The same applies to painting , which is a great art activity that kids should be exposed to often. Allow kids lots of time to paint freely with different sized brushes and different types of paint.

Children drawing with sidewalk chalk outside

13. Drawing Portraits

Sit opposite your child, or get children to sit opposite each other in pairs, and sketch each other’s portraits with just a pencil.

Have a discussion before beginning about the features on your face, the colour and shape of your eyes, the length of your hair, etc.

14. Rock Painting

Find some well-sized rocks and paint them with thin paintbrushes. The thinner the brush, the more detail can be painted on.

Younger children can be given a thicker paintbrush if they want to cover the entire rock. Older children could even paint the rock one colour, and then add the detail with a smaller brush once it dries.

Keep these as paperweights .

When it comes to painting, the ideas are endless. You could even try painting with balls .

Child painting a rock as part of an art activity

15. Cutting and Sticking

With all the ready-made craft ideas out there, children seldom spend enough time just cutting and sticking freely. These are two important skills that need regular practice.

Let your kids create freely with scissors, glue and different types of paper – tissue paper, cardboard, newspaper, regular coloured paper, etc.

And there you have it – a bunch of really simple but educational easy preschool art activities.

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Tuesday 5th of September 2023

I just love to work with this program. Use it in my class at school I really need more ideas.

Tanja Mcilroy

Wednesday 6th of September 2023

Thanks for your comment, Laura!

Thursday 15th of December 2022

So useful! I tried some of these with my 5 year old. He enjoyed doing them so much. it was a great way for us to spend time and just enjoy. Rock painting was his favourite.

So wonderful to hear this!

Elisabeth Den Boer

Wednesday 16th of February 2022

Really nice, thank you. When I want to do an art activity, I often just don't remember any simple art activities. Automatically I search online, but most of the time I feel frustrated afterwards, because the kids aren't able to do those. I have to do all the work. So going back to really simple activities, is so helpful. I'm going to try out some of these activities this week! Thank you so much!

Yes, you're right Elisabeth - you land up doing most of the work yourself which defeats the object. Here are some more ideas for you: https://empoweredparents.co/benefits-of-painting-for-children/ https://empoweredparents.co/things-to-do-with-chalk/ https://empoweredparents.co/finger-painting-ideas-for-kids/ https://empoweredparents.co/preschool-cutting-activities/ There are lots more on the website and all of them are simple ideas. Take care! Tanja

Mildred Rivera

Monday 11th of May 2020

Great activities

Thanks Mildred!

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Lesson Plans and Activities for Creating 2D and 3D Art for Preschoolers

Lesson Plans and Activities for Creating 2D and 3D Art for Preschoolers

The Importance of Art

Sadly, art is one of the first subjects to be cut when school districts suffer budget cuts. Luckily, as an early childhood educator, you may not feel the same pinch and should always be able to plan and implement creative art activities for your students. This article will give you several ideas for creating 2D and 3D art for preschoolers.

When young children create or participate in art projects, they are first learning to discover an idea or create a plan. They then work to bring that idea to life, or execute that plan. Through art activities, children can learn problem solving, effective communication when working collaboratively, divergent thinking and will develop a sense of aesthetics. By adding art activities to your everyday curriculum, you will be helping children understand the process of having an idea and seeing it through from an idea, to a plan and finally to a finished creation. It is this kind of linear thinking that will help children later understand math, science, literature and other academic concepts.

Two Dimensional Art Activities

Creating 2D and 3D art for preschoolers

Two dimensional art activities are those that are created on paper or another flat surface. They can include any kind of picture making, whether through painting, coloring, ripped paper collage or chalk drawing on the sidewalk. Two dimensional artwork can easily be modified to include sensory elements and create a more rich art experience for children. Painting: While finger-painting and brush painting can be lots of fun for preschoolers, try switching it up and give children a new means to move paint around their paper. Try some of the following materials as a paintbrush, and compare and contrast the results with children when the project is finished:

  • Cotton swabs
  • Cotton balls
  • Drinking straws
  • Fabric scraps
  • Wear rubber gloves while finger-painting

Add a few drops of condensed milk to the paint before a painting project. The paint will dry shiny and appear slick. Or, add sand or table salt to the paint to create a textured look. There is no end to the possibilities of painting projects for your preschool classroom. Ripped Paper Collage: Give students a chance to study the art of illustrator Eric Carle . Notice that his style of illustration includes ripped tissue paper collage, a style that can easily be copied by preschool children. Cut or rip tissue paper into small squares and separate the squares into containers by color. Allow students to use glue sticks to create their own Eric Carle styled artwork. Be sure children have access to Mr. Carle’s books for reference while creating. Crumpled Paper Shapes: This is a good project to try as a large group art activity. Create a large shape on butcher paper. Some good ideas are a large sun, a Christmas tree, a star or a heart. Allow children to crumple newspaper into a tight ball and dip it into tempera paint. Allow the crumpled balls to dry and then glue them to your large shape. The result is a “3-D” wall decoration for your classroom. Allow children to vote on a shape they would like to create and work collaboratively to decide colors as well as placement in the classroom. Stamping: An easy to plan and sure to please art activity for preschoolers is stamping. Provide a few store bought stamps and washable ink pads for your class to enjoy, but also consider creating your own stamps. You can use sponges, potatoes, wooden blocks or even your fingers. Allow children to experiment with several different kinds of stamps and compare and contrast the results of each homemade stamp when the project is finished.

3D Art Projects for Preschoolers

Read about 3D art projects for preschoolers

Three dimensional art activities include things such as sculpture and clay work. Three dimensional artwork is art that can be looked at from many different sides or angles. Many crafts can be included in three dimensional art activities. Potter’s Clay: Stiffer and slightly harder to manipulate than play dough, potter’s clay is an excellent medium for preschool children. Not only will it give your preschooler’s fine motor skills a workout, but it will also dry into a sculpture that can be displayed or taken home and given as a gift. Try keeping a few books with pictures of famous sculptures on hand while children are creating with clay. Encourage children to examine the pictures of sculptures, but allow them to create in whatever way they are most comfortable. Salt Dough: Salt dough is super simple to make and is a bit easier to manipulate than potter’s clay. Add one cup of salt to one cup of flour and slowly add water until the dough is manageable. Add a bit more flour for a softer dough. Salt dough can be painted when it dries; therefore, it is a good choice when creating ornaments or other sculptures that can be given as gifts. Allow children to use simple tools with the salt dough such as a rolling pin, cookie cutters or scissors. To create a larger sculpture, consider allowing children to use toothpicks to make the sculptures more sturdy. Found Object Sculpture: Consider placing a large bin in your classroom labeled “Found Objects.” This can include anything from toilet paper and paper towel tubes, to pretty rocks and minerals, to fabric scraps or colorful paper. Allow children to place anything they wish in the found object bin, and ask parents for donations of unique items. When you have a large collection of items, encourage children to create something with the objects. Children can work collaboratively to come up with an idea and execute a plan for building their sculpture. Provide lots of masking, duct and scotch tape for children to secure their sculptures! Finger Weaving: This activity may be difficult for young preschoolers, but others may have the fine motor skills necessary for this intricate work. Tie a loose knot of yarn around your thumb. With your palm facing up, wrap a loose loop of yarn around each of your fingers. When you reach the pinky, wrap a loose loop and then lay the strand of yarn over your fingers going back towards your thumb. One finger at a time starting with the pinky, lift the loop up off of your finger and over the strand. This completes the first row of “knitting”, and it will now be hanging from your index finger. Keep wrapping loops and pulling them over the strand until you create the length of knitted yarn you desire. This will be difficult for some preschoolers, but with practice, it is a great fine motor activity. Do you have other ideas for creating 2D or 3D art for preschoolers? If so, leave a comment below!

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100+ Free Lesson Plan Ideas for Preschool (Printable PDFs)

Welcome to our collection of Free Printable Lesson Plan Ideas for Preschool kids of all ages.

In this resource, you will find 100 engaging and creative lesson plan ideas tailored specifically for preschoolers.

Each lesson plan is designed to promote active learning, social interaction, and skill development while catering to the unique interests and developmental stages of young children.

Free Lesson Plan Ideas for Preschool

What should be on a Preschool Lesson Plan?

A preschool lesson plan should typically include the following components:

  • Objective: Clearly state the learning goals and objectives for the lesson. What specific skills, knowledge, or concepts do you want the children to acquire?
  • Materials and Resources: List all the materials, props, and resources you’ll need for the activities. This includes books, toys, art supplies, and any other items necessary for the lesson.
  • Introduction: Describe how you will introduce the topic or theme to the children, capturing their interest and attention.
  • Activities: Outline the sequence of activities you’ll conduct during the lesson. Each activity should be age-appropriate, engaging, and aligned with the learning objectives.
  • Transitions: Plan how you’ll smoothly transition between activities to maintain the flow of the lesson.
  • Assessment/Evaluation: Describe how you’ll assess the children’s progress and understanding of the lesson. This can be through observations, discussions, or informal assessments.
  • Closure: Summarize the lesson and provide a conclusion that reinforces the main concepts learned.
  • Adaptations: Consider any adaptations or modifications needed for children with diverse needs or learning styles.

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100 Easy Lesson Plan Ideas for Preschool (PDF)

Here’s a list of 50 free lesson plan ideas for preschool that cover a wide range of topics and activities:

  • Colors of the Rainbow : Teach preschoolers about colors through fun activities like color mixing, finger painting, and sorting objects by color.
  • Shapes Exploration: Have a shape hunt around the classroom or outdoors, and create crafts using different shapes.
  • Alphabet Adventures: Introduce one letter of the alphabet each day, accompanied by activities, songs, and crafts related to that letter.
  • Number Fun: Engage kids with counting games, number recognition activities, and simple addition and subtraction using objects.
  • Seasonal Changes: Observe and discuss the changes in nature during different seasons, followed by related art projects and sensory activities.
  • Community Helpers : Learn about various community helpers like firefighters, doctors, and police officers, and role-play different professions.
  • Animal Safari: Explore different animals, their habitats, and their sounds through books, videos, and animal-themed crafts.
  • Five Senses Exploration: Create sensory stations for kids to explore their five senses, such as smelling different scents or tasting various foods blindfolded.
  • Dinosaur Discovery: Introduce kids to dinosaurs through books, fossils, and dinosaur-themed games and crafts.
  • Nursery Rhyme Fun: Learn classic nursery rhymes together and act them out, followed by related crafts or puppet shows.
  • Healthy Eating: Teach children about nutritious food choices through fun activities like creating a fruit salad or vegetable prints.
  • Opposites Day: Explore opposites like big and small, up and down, hot and cold through games and visual aids.
  • Transportation Adventures: Discover different modes of transportation, create a transportation-themed obstacle course, and make vehicles with recycled materials.
  • Weather Watchers: Observe and discuss weather changes and create weather charts with the help of drawings and stickers.
  • Plant Life Cycle: Teach kids about the life cycle of plants by planting seeds, observing growth, and creating a plant journal.
  • Outer Space Exploration: Venture into space with pretend play as astronauts and create a galaxy-themed art project.
  • Ocean Adventure: Learn about ocean animals and create an underwater-themed sensory bin.
  • Emotions and Feelings: Explore emotions through storytelling, role-playing, and drawing different facial expressions.
  • Family and Friendship: Discuss the importance of family and friendship through books, drawing family portraits, and making friendship bracelets.
  • Insects Investigation: Study different insects, their characteristics, and create a bug-themed scavenger hunt.
  • Superhero Training: Encourage physical activity with superhero-themed exercises and obstacle courses.
  • Community Garden: Plant seeds in a classroom garden and take care of the plants together.
  • Famous Artists: Introduce famous artists and their work, and let the children create their own masterpieces inspired by their styles.
  • Cultural Celebrations: Explore different cultural celebrations through stories, crafts, and traditional food tasting.
  • Recycled Art : Foster creativity by creating art projects using recycled materials, such as cardboard and empty bottles.
  • Ocean Animal Yoga: Introduce yoga poses inspired by ocean animals, such as “seahorse pose” or “turtle pose.”
  • Rainbow Fruit Snacks: Teach healthy eating by creating fruit skewers in rainbow colors and having a colorful snack time.
  • Construction Zone: Set up a construction-themed area with blocks, toy trucks, and safety vests for creative play.
  • Musical Instruments: Let kids explore various musical instruments and have a music-making session.
  • Fire Safety: Teach fire safety through interactive activities, like “stop, drop, and roll” practice.
  • Gardening Exploration: Take a nature walk and collect natural items to create a nature collage or sensory bin.
  • Farm Animals: Learn about farm animals through songs, pretend play, and creating animal masks.
  • DIY Science Experiments: Conduct simple science experiments, such as making a volcano or growing seeds in a plastic bag.
  • Family Trees: Discuss family relationships and create family tree crafts using pictures.
  • Healthy Habits: Teach children about personal hygiene, such as handwashing and brushing teeth, with interactive demonstrations.
  • Cooking Fun: Have a cooking class where kids can help prepare simple recipes or make their own fruit kabobs.
  • Exploring Shapes in Nature: Go on a nature walk to find shapes in leaves, rocks, and flowers, then create a nature-inspired art project.
  • Storytime Theater: Encourage kids to retell a favorite story using puppets or props.
  • Inventors Workshop: Provide materials for kids to invent their own imaginative gadgets or machines.
  • Dress-up Day: Have a dress-up day where children can come dressed as their favorite characters or professions.
  • Nature Scavenger Hunt: Create a list of items for kids to find in nature and go on a scavenger hunt outdoors.
  • Community Field Trip: Take a virtual or real field trip to a local fire station, library, or park to learn about the community.
  • Feelings Journal: Create a feelings journal for kids to draw or write about their emotions each day.
  • STEM Building Challenge: Present STEM challenges like building the tallest tower using marshmallows and toothpicks.
  • Fairy Tale Fun: Introduce classic fairy tales through storytelling and have a fairytale-themed dress-up day.
  • Body Parts Playdough: Use playdough to learn body parts by creating faces, hands, and feet.
  • Pirate Adventure: Organize a pirate treasure hunt with clues leading to a hidden “treasure” in the classroom or playground.
  • Art Around the World: Explore art from different cultures and create art inspired by their styles.
  • Balloon Rocket Races: Engage in a fun science experiment by creating balloon-powered rockets and racing them.
  • Sensory Storytelling: Combine storytelling with sensory bins or props to enhance the story experience.
  • Shape Recognition with Playdough: Use playdough to form different shapes and encourage preschoolers to identify and name each shape.
  • Counting with Cheerios: Practice counting skills by using Cheerios or other small snacks to count and group into sets.
  • Color Mixing with Watercolors: Explore color combinations by letting children mix watercolors and observe the magical results.
  • Storytelling with Puppets: Foster creativity by allowing children to create and use puppets for a fun storytelling session.
  • Letter Matching with Alphabet Blocks: Engage in a letter recognition activity by having children match alphabet blocks to corresponding letters on a chart.
  • Music and Movement: Incorporate music into lessons, encouraging children to move and dance to different rhythms.
  • Play Kitchen Cooking: Set up a pretend kitchen to teach basic cooking concepts and encourage imaginative play.
  • Science Experiment with Baking Soda and Vinegar: Create a simple science experiment by combining baking soda and vinegar to observe the chemical reaction.
  • Seed Planting and Observation: Teach about plant life by letting preschoolers plant seeds and observe the growth process.
  • Weather Chart: Introduce weather concepts by creating a daily weather chart and discussing different weather conditions.
  • Dramatic Play: Set up a dramatic play area, such as a doctor’s office or grocery store, to encourage role-playing.
  • Name Recognition Collage: Have children create collages using cut-out letters from magazines to spell their names.
  • Fine Motor Skills with Threading Beads: Enhance fine motor skills by having children thread beads onto strings.
  • Body Parts Recognition: Teach body parts through activities like “Simon Says” or creating a life-size body outline.
  • Sensory Bin Exploration: Create sensory bins with items like rice, beans, or sand to stimulate tactile exploration.
  • Color Sorting with Pom-Poms: Sort colorful pom-poms into corresponding color cups to reinforce color recognition.
  • Community Helpers Discussion: Introduce various community helpers through discussions, stories, and related activities.
  • DIY Paper Plate Animals: Foster creativity by having children make their favorite animals using paper plates and craft materials.
  • Gross Motor Skills Obstacle Course: Set up an obstacle course to develop gross motor skills and coordination.
  • Five Senses Exploration: Create activities that engage all five senses to enhance sensory awareness.
  • Gardening: Involve children in simple gardening activities, teaching them about plants and responsibility.
  • DIY Musical Instruments: Craft simple musical instruments like shakers or drums using household items.
  • Shadow Play: Explore the concept of shadows by tracing and playing with shadows in different lighting conditions.
  • Texture Collage: Develop sensory awareness by creating a collage with different textured materials.
  • Recycled Art Projects: Encourage environmental awareness by creating art projects using recycled materials.
  • Letter Recognition with Alphabet Soup: Use plastic letters in a sensory bin filled with “alphabet soup” (shredded paper or noodles).
  • Yoga for Kids: Introduce basic yoga poses to promote relaxation, flexibility, and body awareness.
  • DIY Shape Stamps: Create homemade stamps using various shapes, allowing children to explore shape recognition through art.
  • Sink or Float Experiment: Explore buoyancy by conducting a sink or float experiment with different objects.
  • Sorting by Size: Use everyday items for size sorting activities, promoting size discrimination.
  • Texture Walk: Take a nature walk and explore different textures like grass, sand, and tree bark.
  • Balloon Rocket Science Experiment: Combine play and science by creating balloon rockets and observing the forces at play.
  • DIY Bubble Wrap Stomp Painting: Make painting exciting by attaching bubble wrap to children’s shoes for a unique stomping experience.
  • Family Tree Craft: Foster a sense of identity by creating a family tree using pictures and names.
  • DIY Paper Plate Clock: Teach basic time concepts by having children create their own paper plate clocks.
  • Fruit and Vegetable Tasting: Explore healthy eating habits by organizing a fruit and vegetable tasting session.
  • Colorful Ice Cube Painting: Add a sensory twist to painting by using colorful ice cubes as paintbrushes.
  • Animal Movement Game: Teach about different animal movements through a fun game of mimicking animal actions.
  • Paper Plate Puzzles: Enhance problem-solving skills by creating simple paper plate puzzles.
  • Bubble Play: Have fun with bubbles, incorporating bubble blowing and popping into various games.
  • Seasonal Collage: Explore the changing seasons by creating collages that represent different times of the year.
  • DIY Shape Hopscotch: Combine physical activity and shape recognition by creating a hopscotch game with shapes.
  • Build-a-Word with Magnetic Letters: Develop early literacy skills by creating words with magnetic letters on a board.
  • DIY Bird Feeders: Introduce the concept of caring for wildlife by making simple bird feeders.
  • Animal Habitats Discussion: Teach about different animal habitats through discussions, books, and related activities.
  • Rainbow Craft with Tissue Paper: Explore colors and create a vibrant rainbow using tissue paper.
  • Alphabet Hopscotch: Combine letter recognition and physical activity with an alphabet-themed hopscotch game.
  • DIY Story Stones: Encourage storytelling and creativity by making story stones with various images.
  • Fishing for Letters: Create a fishing game using magnetic letters and toy fishing rods to reinforce letter recognition.

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We encourage you to explore these free printable lesson plans, adapt them to suit your children’s needs, and witness the magic of early childhood education come alive.

Let the laughter, exploration, and growth begin as we embark on this adventure of learning and discovery with our preschoolers. Happy teaching!

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16+ Shape Activities for Preschool Lesson Plans

February 11, 2021 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

In order to be ready for kindergarten, preschoolers benefit from learning their shapes . Here are 16+ shape activities for preschool lesson plans that are full of fun ideas and available in a FREE download at the end of this post. There are shape activities for toddlers, too!

Already-Planned-For-You Shape Activities for Preschoolers

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Learning shapes is the most basic skill within the geometry discipline of math, so it makes sense that we spend some time teaching our preschoolers about shapes. But there’s more to shapes than just their names. These preschool shape activities will take you beyond just memorizing shape names. Kids learn best with hands-on activities, and that is what these are! Toddlers and preschoolers alike, and even kindergarten students, will love these fun shape activities because of all that hands-on learning! They are easy to set up and require minimal materials.

These daily lessons in shapes for preschool include hands-on activities, engaging centers, and skill-based focus lessons.

FAQ About How to Teach Shapes to Preschoolers

The following are the most frequently asked questions about how to teach shapes to preschoolers and toddlers, including which preschool shapes are appropriate for learning. there are a lot of shape activities for kids that include free printables, like these lesson plans, making teaching shapes super easy!

In preschool, children learn to identify and name shapes by using materials such as posters, blocks, games hands-on manipulatives, and books. Learning shapes is a process and requires repetition and practice. Scavenger hunts, shape collages, and sensory bins all help children learn to identify basic shapes.

By the time a preschooler is bound for kindergarten, they should be able to identify the following shapes: ~ circle ~ square ~ triangle ~ rectangle ~ oval ~ rhombus ~ heart ~ star You can find this and more in my Toddler & Preschool Assessment & Portfolio Pack .

Shapes are the foundation of geometry ! In a preschool setting, geometry skills include identifying shapes, comparing shapes, differentiating between shapes, and creating shapes. Teaching shapes to your preschooler is more than just teaching them to name them. Learning shapes helps children identify and organize visual information, learn spatial awareness and visual discrimination. Learning shapes also helps children understand other signs and symbols, such as street signs or icons on a computer app.

There are endless fun pre-k shape activities for use in the classroom! We have included eight hands-on center activities and games in our lesson plans that teach shapes to preschoolers. Plus, we have created specific shape photo cards which encourage preschoolers to dive deep into a photograph and make connections to how shapes are all around us.

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Shapes Lesson Plans for Preschoolers

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Hands-on Preschool Shape Activities

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Literacy Activities for a Shapes Theme

Building Letters & Shapes Using Pipe Cleaner s – Did you know that learning shapes help children recognize letters? Letters are very similar to shapes. The letter V is a triangle missing a side, and the letter O is just a circle. Using pipe cleaners, invite your preschooler to build some basic shapes. Can you turn any of those shapes into a letter or number with a quick tweak? What new letters/numbers can you make? Shapes and Letters Collage – Using an old magazine or two, invite your preschooler to cut out all different kinds of shapes. While looking for shapes, encourage them to look in the magazine for the letters in their names. Look for favorite toys or foods, too! Cut everything out and assemble it on a collage. Invite your preschooler to talk about their collage and name all the items they picked out. Then display it proudly!

Don’t Forget Picture Books About Shapes

When I first started teaching, there weren’t many picture books to help teach shapes to preschoolers. But things have changed! Here is a book list featuring my favorite shape books to read to my preschoolers.

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Math and Science Activities for a Shapes Theme

Geometry Shape Train – Help your preschooler learn about the different properties of shapes by manipulating them to fit into a specific shape or design on paper. This activity develops spatial awareness and shape recognition. Print the train template and the shapes, and match the shapes to fill the train! Your growing engineer will love this activity! Shape Activities with Movement – Grab some painters tape and make a few large shapes on the floor. Encourage your preschooler to trace the shape with their hand (and foot!) and hop, dance, or slide across the shape. This is a good activity for rainy days, too. Which Shape is the Strongest? – Fold three pieces of construction paper into differently-shaped tubes. Fold one tube into a triangle, one into a square, and the other into a cylinder. Test which tube is the strongest when putting various items with a similar weight on top.

Playful Learning Activities for a Shapes Theme

Body Shapes – What shapes can you make with your body? Invite your preschooler to lie on the floor and try to make different shapes. What if you worked with a sibling or friend? What shapes can you make then? Take pictures of your preschooler and show them the shapes they made. Mirror, Mirror Game – Face your preschooler and have them attempt to copy all your movements. Be silly! Run in place! Act like a monkey! Then switch roles and copy your preschooler. Can you make shapes with your body or hands? Challenge your preschooler to name “new shapes” they might create with their bodies while you copy them. Sock Basketball – Help with the laundry by tossing clothes into the basket. Roll up clothes into a ball (or sphere) and toss them into the laundry basket. Two points for making it in on the first try! Make it into a fun game and gather all the laundry from around the house to be a big helper.

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Social-Emotional Activities for a Shapes Theme

Kid Yoga – Devoting time to stretch, move, and center our bodies is great for people of all ages! Go to YouTube and watch the video Kids Yoga Alphabet . Join in with the instructor and encourage your preschooler to practice some of the alphabet shape movements. If they are hesitant, allow them to watch and begin when they are ready. Encourage taking deep breaths, trying to be calm and centered, and model making mistakes as you try different poses. Keep it fun and engaging!

Drawing Confidence – Go to YouTube and listen to the book A Drawing Game by Anitha Murthy. After listening, invite your preschooler to do just like the young girl in the book and think of the shapes when she intends to draw something. As children get older, they often struggle with their drawing not matching the idea in their head or get frustrated when it doesn’t come out as they had hoped. Encouraging your preschooler to always think of the shapes when drawing will help them feel confident and like a true artist!

Just Plain Fun Activities for a Shapes Theme

Shape Flower Craft – This fun craft allows your preschooler to get creative with shapes and colors. Cut out various shapes from construction paper…the more the better! Challenge your preschooler to use the shapes to make various flowers. How many different designs can they come up with? If you have a preschool class, make an entire flower garden of shapes to hang on the wall! Shape Pizza Craft – Kids love pizza! So why not make a shape pizza using construction paper? Invite your preschooler to draw various shapes on colored paper that represent the toppings. Circles for pepperoni, rectangles for cheese, triangles for pineapples…the options are endless! Glue them all down on a large circle for your pizza crust and have fun being a pizza chef! This is also a great activity to add to your Food and Nutrition Theme . Playdough Shapes – Get creative with playdough shapes! Make houses, pizza, cakes, cars, and more. What shapes are used to make these different items?

Playdough Shape Mats for the Entire Year

Our Favorite Toys to Teach Shapes

You don’t need specialty toys or manipulatives to be an effective teacher, but if you’re looking for some shape manipulatives, these are some of the most used in my own classroom.

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Safe Online Activities for a Shapes Theme

Online Story – Go to YouTube and listen to the book Round is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong. As you are listening, review any unknown words with your preschooler. Encourage your preschooler to answer the questions on each page as you read to make this book even more interactive.

Learn Shapes with Pete the Kitty – Follow along with our favorite Pete the Kitty and learn shapes and colors! And who doesn’t love Pete the Cat?!

Shapes are Everywhere Song – This song offers a great way to help your preschooler identify the names of the shapes, as well as where we see these shapes in our everyday lives.

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This  Shapes Preschool Math Unit  includes everything you need to teach beginning geometry and shapes in preschool math! It gives you the lesson plans and the centers, as well as smaller daily math activities to keep your students learning. Not only will your preschoolers learn how to  identify basic shapes , but they will also develop spatial awareness skills .  From  matching and sorting   to   graphing shapes and tracing , your preschooler will gain a strong foundation in geometry with these lesson plans. With  four complete weeks of lesson plan s and over 36 hands-on activities, your preschooler will love math, too!

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I’m Sarah, an educator turned stay-at-home-mama of five! I’m the owner and creator of Stay At Home Educator, a website about intentional teaching and purposeful learning in the early childhood years. I’ve taught a range of levels, from preschool to college and a little bit of everything in between. Right now my focus is teaching my children and running a preschool from my home. Credentials include: Bachelors in Art, Masters in Curriculum and Instruction.

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