Well it's finally starting to look like Spring around here and spring fever has hit!!
Today I'd like to share our Spring Scenes project that the girls worked hard on the other day.
I love to experiment with different types of art media and so do the kids! For this project we used cardboard as the "background" for the Spring Scenes.
I introduced the project by setting up the materials ahead of time and inviting them to play.
In addition to the cardboard I set out oil pastels, various spring time stickers and foam flower stickers.
My 3 year old spent most of her time with the stickers.
My 4 year old enjoyed drawing with the oil pastels and then experimented with the various stickers.
After awhile they both said they were done and moved on to something else. I left everything out on the table and my 4 year old continued to "work" on her project for the next two days. She asked me to leave it out so she could revisit it. It was really interesting and exciting to see her so concentrated and intent on her project. It was done all at her own pace!
When kids are given the freedom to create in an open ended manner I truly believe that self motivation happens naturally!
Her finished labor of love below!
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