{"id":4449,"date":"2010-10-07T19:46:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T01:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2010-10-07T19:46:58","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T01:46:58","slug":"texture-collage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/07\/texture-collage\/","title":{"rendered":"Texture Collage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fall “semester” of our Art Playgroup started this week!\u00c2\u00a0 My goal is to include a little more instruction and discussion with the kids and parents about their projects as we work on them, in preparation for the art classes I plan to teach as part of my dream business<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll discuss why that didn’t quite go as planned in tomorrow’s Life With a Spirited Child<\/a> post (ahem!).<\/em><\/p>\n

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This Texture Collage was one of our projects this week, and I had a blast picking out all of the materials for this project!\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve seen this idea in a couple of books and blogs, most recently on Teach Preschool<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Each child was given a selection of textured bits and pieces to use for a collage, and I had larger texture samples in the middle of the table to pass around and explore (that part didn’t quite happen).\u00c2\u00a0 We glued the materials to cardstock to keep the collages nice and sturdy.\u00c2\u00a0 I explained the meaning of “texture,” and encouraged the kids to talk about the scraps as they felt them and glued them down.\u00c2\u00a0 We talked about words like bumpy, furry, soft, rough, smooth, spongy, and squishy.\u00c2\u00a0 We also discussed which texture was our favorite.\u00c2\u00a0 It would also be fun to discuss textures we DON’T like.\u00c2\u00a0 (I don’t like sponge or cotton balls.)\u00c2\u00a0 The materials included:<\/p>\n