I based my whole Toddler Art: Food program around the classic book If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff. This was a simple enough book for the toddlers to listen to and the crafts were rather easy enough for them too.
This group listened very well and had a better listening day than my older kids.
For our first craft, we made Moose's muffin using a half of a paper plate and sponges dipped in brown paint. This was a good opportunity for them to use their fine motor skills and use paint.
The moose craft was a little bit more complicated for them, but the parents easily helped their little ones along with using the glue sticks to make Moose.
Our next theme will be story characters. I'm thinking a cute Cookie Monster craft, but we'll see where Pinterest takes me.
Transportation was a really good theme with lots of book and craft options.
This would be a good theme for storytime, but great for Preschool
Picasso/Toddler Art because there's more sensory activity options with this
one.
I had some new faces join the group. We read Number
One Sam, a cute picture book about Sam the Dog being in a car race.
He's used to being number one and isn't sure how to feel when he doesn't win
the race. His friends all love him in the end. I think the group really enjoyed
this book and they were eager to start their crafts.
They really enjoyed working with sponges and paint for their airplane sky
background and loved the foam car stickers, which we had leftover from a
previous program. I'm always happy when I can reuse something we already have.
Everyone's projects turned out cute and it was nice to see the kids interact
with each other.
Other Possible Books:
Cars Rushing! Honking! Zooming! by Patricia Hubbell
Mighty Truck by Chris Barton
Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
Toot Toot Beep Beep by Emma Garcia
Moo! by David LaRochelle
Steam Train Dream Train by Sherri Rinker
If I Had a Car by Chris Van Dusen
