Arts and Crafts

Constructivism is when a child learns through an active process at every stage, as they construct knowledge internally, and teachers observe children as they learn (Gray & MacBlain, 2015). I wrote this in my first post for this year. This month’s topic is about arts and crafts. I enjoy planning and executing art activities for the little ones. I especially enjoy it when the activities are more constructivist, whereby the children can be free to make mistakes and not stick to my way of doing things.

There has to be a boundary but sometimes a cookie-cutter approach to doing arts is not good. I have seen many teachers doing the same art for every single child based on the same theme. I doubt the children did most of the work themselves. Let’s learn to let go and let children be children, so they can construct knowledge on their own.

Let me share with you some ideas I have for art activities in August:

Aug: Animal Kingdom insects creepy crawlies sea creatures

6/8-Spray Painting (need artpaper, insect cutouts, real plants. spray on insects then glue on artpaper, put plants on paper and spray over then remove)

13/8-Jellyfish in a Bottle (ask parents bring clear plastic bag, clean plastic bottle)

20/8-Fork Painted Puffer Fish Craft

27/8-Paper Plate Spider Web

References

Gray, C., & MacBlain, S. (2015). Learning Theories in Childhood (2nd ed.). London: Sage.