Recently Mother Goose Time hosted a photo contest featuring our newest process based art projects. I have LOVED these fun art projects that are all about letting the kiddos use their imagination and create something unique to them! This week my kiddos created snowflakes with just a few simple materials and a whole lot of giggles, exploring and imagination. The Invitation to create came with coffee filters, glitter, and pipettes. I just added some water and paint, paperplates to keep the mess up. After they were dry we added ribbons so they could be hung on a Christmas tree or in the window. The kids were brainstorming all the different places our snowflakes could go. We foled the coffee filters a few times and then cut pieces out of them to make fun snow flake patterns! The kids have all been working hard on their cutting skills and I was very excited to see how many of them were able to use their fine motor skill to make small cuts. While everyone was working on their cutting we brainstormed about how the other materials could be used. We had watery-paint, glitter and pipettes. After the cutting was done and we all admired the pretty designs the kids busted into the materials and explored ways to use them. One reason I LOVE this open ended, process based art is because the kids get to explore and learn. There isn't a desired end goal to follow or an exact model to try and replicate. Just and idea/theme, tools and their imaginations! KK realized pretty quick that the glitter wasn't going to stick on it's own, our visitor realized after squeezing a little to hard that too much paint made it soggy and L-Bug figured out that if she picked up her wet coffee fliter the paint dripped down the sides of it. Check out more Invitation To Create Projects by Mother Goose time by using the #invitationtocreatephotocontest on Facebook, Twitter on Instagram! And post your photo's for a chance to win a month of Mother Goose Time curriculum! From the Mother Goose Time Facebook Page: "There's still time to enter the #InvitationToCreatePhotoContest! The competition is stiff - one post already has 140 likes! Here's how it works: find your favorite picture demonstrating the creative problem solving and deep learning of process-based preschool art. Share to either Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #InvitationToCreatePhotoContest. IMPORTANT: remember to make your post "public" so we can find it and tally your likes! P.S. We're absolutely loving all of the creativity so far."
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This month Mother Goose Time accidentally shipped me an extra month's worth of curriculum! So I chatted with the my Blog coordinator and she said because shipping it back would be pricey I can do a local blog giveaway instead! So I'm going to share with you all of the awesome materials that come in the curriculum kit and do a drawing Sunday evening for one lucky winner :) To be entered please head over to https://www.facebook.com/KiddieKornerKare/?fref=ts and hit like! Then comment below with what you like the most about the curriculum. The kit contains enough materials for six kids to paricpate! For those who are new to the way the Mother Goose Time curriculum is set up let me give you a quick run down! The entire month comes packaged in a giant box. Each month we receieve a different thematic study. Under that theme each week is narrowed down into it's own category. Finally each day has a specific topic related to the week's category! One of my favorite things about the curriculum is how easy everything is to use. Each day is seperated into it's own bag. To prep all you need to do is open the bag, review the teachers guide and gather any of the additional suggested items listed in the guide. Sometimes there is some items that need to be pre-cut, or prepped, but it never takes me more than a few hours to prepare the ENTIRE month :) It's super simple to follow. Our December theme is Winter in the Woods! The first bags to grab and check out are the Teacher Tool Bag, the Circle Time Bag and for December the Santa's Workshop Bag. These bags contain the Teachers Guide, Planning Journal, Calendar, etc. Here is all the goodies hiding inside the Teacher's Tool bag and the Circle Time bag. Each month we focus on a new set of letters, numbers, a shape and a character trait. So you'll see the pieces for those below. The kit also comes with a custom CD full of fun kids music based on the theme. There are also two manipulatives in the kit (counting bears-left and stacking blocks-right). These toys are used throughout the month in the different activities. And again in the middle you see some hands on letter cookie cutters and a shape stamp! So fun :) So many awesome materials and activites come in the curriculum. Here is a snap chot of the different art projects for the whole month. Another fun thing to mention is the Santa's Workshop included in this months box! It includes invitations, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Story with story telling pieces, a Snack idea, Santa Spoon Puppets, Santa's Beard Game and a Reindeer Training Game. Lots of fun to do with your little's as a group OR to use during an open house and invite the parents to participate. Winning the curriculum will not only mean that you receive the box of curriculum but a code to get access to the website for the month where you can download any additional resources for December that you would like!
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