Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Music for Learning Recommended Reading Activities & Curriculum Arts & Crafts Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! We'll send you regular emails filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now   ACTIVITY Camping Under the Stars By Marisa Procopio An Activity for Preschoolers Babies love the feel of paint and they love faces. In this project, they’ll especially enjoy seeing a photo of themselves looking back at them! Curriculum Area Art and Fine Motor Before You Start Ask parents to send in photos of their babies that can be used for the project. Cut yellow paper into triangles about 5-6” high and glue at the bottom center of the blue paper. This is the tent. Cut a circle or half circle with the rest of the yellow paper for the moon and glue in a top corner of the blue paper. Cut the image of each child out of the photo and set aside. Let's Begin 1. Encourage each child to touch the paint with a fingertip and to enjoy the gooiness. 2. Bounce the finger up and down on the blue paper, all around the yellow tent and moon. These are the stars. 3. Wipe child’s finger with damp paper towel. Allow paint to dry. 4. Glue the photo of child in center of the yellow tent. Furthermore If a staff member has a Polaroid they’d like to use for the project, by all means take the photos of the children yourselves.   Blue construction paper Yellow construction paper Photo of each child Scissors Glue Small amount of white paint on a tray Damp paper towel or napkin Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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