Suzanne Joyal and Nydia Gonzalez travelled to Castro Valley to offer a hands-on workshop to parents of the Castro Valley Parents Cooperative Preschool. The one-hour workshop introduced parents to a multitude of strategies to introduce preschoolers to art.
We both arrived wearing our FAVORITE piece of preschool jewelry: the mini-harmonica is always a hit!
We asked the question “How do we use our senses when we create?” and then explored first-hand techniques to help children experiment and explore this fundamental question.
Parents were able to create Sticky Texture Collages using contact paper, many different shapes and textures of fabric, special crayons to draw on all different textures, and magic gold.
We created a Word Wall of all of the wonderful ideas we explored: sticky, smooth, shiny, furry, scratchy, etc. Nydia introduced music and movement when she asked “How does Scratchy SOUND?” “How do we does bumpy look when we move?”
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- Applying the “Magic Gold”
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- The finished collage: what shapes do you see? Is it still sticky?
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- Close-ups. What do you See? What do you Wonder?
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- Which part is bumpy? Which part is smooth?
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- More Proud Parents
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- Sticking shapes on contact paper
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- Raise you hand if you still need more time
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- Word Walls: what textures, shapes, or colors do you feel?
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- Coloring on top with Crayola Twistables: How does it feel when you color on different surfaces?
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- We both arrived wearing our FAVORITE piece of preschool jewelry: the mini-harmonica is always a hit!
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