From finger paint to play dough and crayons to watercolor, preschool artists are never afraid to get their hands a little bit messy. Isn’t it just as important to keep their artistic minds busy too? In this workshop for preschool teachers we’ll focus on the connection between looking at art and creating art. Whether your preschool students investigate the illustrations of a favorite picture book or the brushstrokes of a Monet painting, close looking at a work of art fosters curiosity, imagination, and creative thinking.
This hands-on workshop will focus on teaching strategies to help young children think in and about art both in the museum and in the classroom. We’ll try out interactive games to help preschoolers slow down and take a closer look at works of art, review the principles of creating process-based art projects, and experiment with new techniques and materials to use in art centers and classrooms.
Funding for this workshop is provided by a generous grant from the Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation. Registration is limited to thirty participants. Please contact Leah Hanson, Manager of Early Learning Programs, at [email protected] with questions.
