Category: Level 3: 19 – 36 months
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Hand Tracing
Your Child Will Learn
The shape of our hands can be used to make creative art
Here’s What to Do
- Use a pencil to trace your child’s hands on paper
- Ask your child what shapes and figures can they create
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Dance Together
Your Child Will Learn
Moving your body to music is called dancing
Here’s What to Do
- Clear an open space for you and your child to dance together
- Play lively music that your child will enjoy
- Perform simple movements and
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Torn Paper Collage
Your Child Will Learn
Tear paper to create an artistic collage
Here’s What to Do
- Give your child 5-6 strips of colored paper
- Demonstrate tearing the strips into smaller pieces
- Give your child paper and glue to create a collage
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Paint A Cityscape
Your Child Will Learn
Use art materials and imagination to create a city
Here’s What to Do
- Collect recycled cardboard
- Flatten the cardboard and tape a few pieces side-by-side to construct a long surface
- Give your child paint to create
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Veggie and Food Print Art
Your Child Will Learn
Create art prints using vegetables and fruits
Here’s What to Do
- Cut different vegetables and fruits in halves and quarters (potatoes, apples, carrots, lemons, grapes, corn, and broccoli)
- Pour 3-4 paint colors onto small plates or
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Nature Collage
Your Child Will Learn
Art can be made with natural materials
Here’s What to Do
- Go on an outdoor walk and ask your child to collect natural materials, like leaves, grass, twigs, pebbles, flowers, weeds, acorns, pine needles, and etc.
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Pasta Necklace
Your Child Will Learn
String together and paint materials to create a necklace
Here’s What to Do
- Use dried pasta and durable yarn or twine for this activity
- Work with your child to thread the hollow ends of the pasta
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Sponge Painting
Your Child Will Learn
Make marks and patterns with a sponge on paper
Here’s What to Do
- Put a few dots of paint on a plate or tray.
- Give your child sponges of different shapes and sizes.
- Optional: Cut the
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Explore A Museum
Your Child Will Learn
Museums are spaces where people can learn about the things they see and experience
Here’s What to Do
- Plan a trip to a child-friendly museum
- While inside the museum, tell your child to point to things