Preschool Picasso: Flowers

This is always a fun group and today was no different. Our theme was flowers, so we read My Garden by Kevin Henkes. This is about a young girl who helps her mother with her garden, but quickly imagines how her own garden would be, complete with jelly bean bushes and growing sea shells. The group liked this book and it's one of my favorites to read for a flower theme.

For our crafts, we started off by making sunflowers out of paper plates, construction paper, and mixing red and yellow paint. We also made a tulip flower scene using forks, q-tips, and paint. 

The first craft was challenging for the kids because they had to have some patience to let the paint dry and practice their cutting for the flower pedals. It took more time, but the kids did great and I think they liked their end result.  

They also had fun using forks pressed in paint to make their tulip flower scene. The crafts turned out well and went a bit longer than usual, but it was good to see the kids taking their time and practicing their cutting and other fine motor skills. 

I had a program survey filled out that said, "Miss Denise is amazing" which was really nice and made my day!