Fine Motor Leads to Fine Arts Part 27

Welcome! or WELCOME BACK!!

September hovers on the horizon. 

That means school. 

That means fine motor. 

To me? That means FINE ARTS.
This is part 27. It's a 'quickie.' 
Looking for the first 26 'biggies'? 
They're cataloged as Fine Motor Friday.  

Fine motor. Fine Arts.
Fine Arts. Fine motor. 
Potato. Po-ta-toe.
How do we use one for the other?

How do they relate to each other? 

How do we develop each?

I wonder at a marvel of this sort!

I never tire of seeing children's artwork. 

Take a good look at this bold creature. 

Look at the imagination. 

Look at the colors.

Look at the workmanship. 

Look at the effort! 

YEAH ARTIST!

To create a masterpiece of this level we have to begin earlier. 

We must be certain to give children access to materials. 

We must be certain to support their exploration. 

Painted Preschool Self-Portrait, "Happy Face" 

But let's go back even earlier. 

Before the paint brush can be wielded to create the smile. 

We have to go back to the exploration and manipulation of the media itself. 

Here we have bubble wrap in the classic early print-making experience that goes: Apply paint. Print. Simple as that. See the polka dot pattern emerge. Cause and effect. Transference. Impact. Exploration. Color theory in earnest, up close-and-personal. 

What I LUV LUV LUV about this particular piece of bubble wrap? It has been matted as a piece of artwork, itself to be examined and valued. Oh yeah!

Yes. We need to surround children with interesting materials. From the very beginning and at each and every stage of their development. 

Parquetry Blocks Used for Exploration in Art + Math

Here's to an awesome new school year filled with oodles of opportunities to explore and create, strengthening the fine motor muscles needed to support all manner of ARTS experiences.

***A quick head's up. Tomorrow I will continue my Saturday morning series of Pinteresting-People Directories. Tomorrow's will link up all sorts of ARTS types. My dream would be have TONS of Art teachers, Teaching Artists and the whole gaumet of creative pinners, listed in one spot. Be sure to come back tomorrow to get linked into the directory. 

I now have 47,781 Visual Pinterest followers. 
Come join my peeps! 

-- Debbie --

Did you see my article yesterday? 
Talk about making your mark on the world. 




If you arrived via Pinterest, here's the link to my RoundUP with nearly 30
different handprint projects. 

Or maybe you missed my recent RoundUP with skads
of manners to create 'self-portraits' for an 
ALL ABOUT ME 
project? 
Click here. 

Handprint Poems + Projects

Welcome to my HANDS-ON Handprint RoundUP! 

I have handprint sculptures!

Handprint poems. 

Handprint collaborations. 

Handprint art projects. 

Handprint wreaths.

Handprint math.

Handprint bulletin boards.  

Handprint letter recognition.

Handprint gifts. 

 Handprint flags.

Handprints for back-to-school! 

Handprints for end-of-school! 

Handprints for Grandparent's Day! 

Holiday handprints!

Even a handprint map!!

My own Mr.Twinzee in action! (That's my grandson, silly!) 

We will be painting those hands!

We will also be 'tracing' round hands. 

[These are images I've photographed during my Author-Illustrator School Visits.] 

Here's a HANDS DOWN FAVORITE! 

Did I say Handprint bulletin board for 

back-to-school Apple theme? 

You bettcha! 

Back to School Bulletin Board with Painted Handprints

OK. These are supposed to be handprints............ 

but these toesies are just TOO cute! 

Now let's get beyond Thanksgiving and all of those turkeys! 

This poem would be perfect for the first day of school. 

Preschool poem for back-to-school? 

Got it covered! 

Here's an international map! 

This next one is from my field trip to Reggio Emilia, Italy!!!!

YES!! 

I got to sing with the Italian children, 

while on my European tour to our US Army bases in Germany + Italy! 

"Unique as a Snowflake" Bulletin Board from Painted Handprints

Flowers from Printed Thumb-Prints

Ceramic Tile Finger Print Keepsake in Kindergarten 

Handprint Rainbow Welcome for Debbie Clement

Have you been pin-inspired? Would ya be willin' to help a blogger out and pin your favorite? I'm so appreciative of my pinners. Thanks, as always. 

I have an ENTIRE pinboard with "My Two Hands" pins from across the cyber universe, you're one click away. 

NOTE FROM THE FUTURE! 

I have transported these images and added another HUNDRED or so MORE! You'll want to click the picture below and go to the expanded and updated version! 

Here's my newest COLOSSAL Back-to-School Bulletin Board Collection! 

-- Debbie -- 



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