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Our Hands
Have children stamp hand prints to create a group piece of art.
Outdoor Plant Mural
Have children work together to create an outdoor plant mural. Encourage them to include plant parts above soil and below soil.
Painting and Writing Fun
Give toddlers various tools to explore for drawing, painting, and writing to help them build pre-writing muscles and skills.
Paper Bag Vests
Help children make paper bag construction-worker vests and safety signs to create “construction sites” for when they are building structures.
Pasta-Wheel Pictures
Invite children to draw something that has wheels and have them use wheel-shaped pasta to represent the wheels.
Plant Collage
Have children create collages using drawing materials and plant objects they collected from outside.
Plants Here and There
Point out different environments plants grow in when you are out and about—such as in the park, by a pond, or in the woods.
Play Write
Make writing part of your toddler’s pretend games, from make-believe shopping lists to party invitations.
Pop-Up Plants
Invite children to make a pop-up flower. Encourage children to tell a story about their plant as it “grows.”
Puppet Play
Puppets are wonderful toys for building your toddler’s talking and listening skills—and playing with puppets is a great excuse to get silly!
Puppet Talk
Help children make puppets of the characters from Who Sank the Boat
Ramp Drawings
Have children draw a picture of a slide or ramp that they have seen. Then have them identify and include pictures of objects they would like to move down ramps.
Ramp Paintings
Children dip marbles in paint and roll them down ramps to make ramp paintings. Use vocabulary such as roll, slant, and slide to discuss ramps.
River Mural
Have children make a group mural with a variety of art media about the bears’ ride on the river.
Rolling, Sliding Drops of Color
Have children use an eyedropper to drip color down a ramp and create a ramp painting.
Samantha’s Ride
Invite children to illustrate their favorite part of Samantha on a Roll. Allow children to use the book as reference.
Sandy Desert Paintings
Invite children to paint desert pictures. Allow them to shake sand onto their artwork.
Seedy "Ss"
Display and trace the letter “Ss” card. Distribute “Ss” block letter sheets and have children fill the letters with seeds.
Self-Portrait
Help your toddler draw his own, life-sized self-portrait!
Small Group: Ramp Drawings
Have children illustrate the ramp constructions they built. Encourage them to represent the movement of the objects on the ramps in their drawings.