Baby Art Class
These are my ideas for a class time I am setting up to ensure I spend one-on-one time
with my youngest child, Rebecca. She has just turned two years old. To me, it always
helps to act as if it is a regular formal class outside of the home, which I have to pay for and
drive her to, so I am adding it to my planner like this:
The class meets every Monday for eight sessions. Setting up a class like this is a great way to make sure you spend one-on-one
time with every child, and is much less expensive than signing them up for lots
of activities!
Lesson Plans
Open each session with a warm-up to get your body and especially your fingers moving (3 minutes). Try Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays
(recommended by Oak Meadow) or Giving Love - Bringing Joy: Hand Gesture Games
and Lullabies in the Mood of the Fifth for Children Between Birth and Nine by Wilma Ellersiek, for a more Waldorf-y selection. Repeat
the hand games for several classes in a row. Children love the familiar!
After the 20 minute long daily activity, have your child help you clean up (washing hands, wiping down tables, setting
jars back on the shelf), have a small snack (7 minutes - see The Waldorf Kindergarten Snack Book for
recipes and suggestions) and then rock her and sing a special lullaby. Then
it's off to a nap! As with the hand gesture games, children enjoy having the same lullaby sung
to them over and over. I recommend the beautiful selections in Giving Love - Bringing Joy. A CD
is also available to help you learn the songs.
Finding School Materials
paper for drawing and painting: I use the sheets of butcher block paper that come in my orders from Nova Natural
for the bathtub finger paint recipe you will need:
- one envelope unflavored instant gelatin
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 3 T sugar
- 1/4 cup mild liquid dishwashing soap
- water
- a saucepan
- small jars
block beeswax crayons
window crayons
Suggested Booklist
Please Touch by Susan Striker
Young at Art by Susan Striker
The Big Messy (But Easy To Clean Up) Art Book by MaryAnn Kohl
Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays
Giving Love - Bringing Joy: Hand Gesture Games
and Lullabies in the Mood of the Fifth for Children Between Birth and Nine by Wilma Ellersiek
The Waldorf Kindergarten Snack Book by Lisa Hildreth
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