Preschool Creative Activities - Fostering the Creative Spirit

Preschool is the time when children are allowed toGive each child a ticket that corresponds with one of
explore their creative sides through arts, crafts, games,the seats on the train. At the sound of the whistle,
and creative play. As an instructor, it's crucial toeach child is to take their place on the train. Then,
incorporate a wide variety of preschool creativeappoint one of the children to be the engineer, and
activities to every theme so that there's an activity forthey go to each child and punch a hole in their ticket
each child. Some children may choose to explore theirwith a hole punch.
creative side through drawing or coloring, while othersAfter each child has taken their place on the train,
prefer more hands-on activities like building, whilehave each person describe what kind of trip they are
others might express themselves best through gamestaking, where they are going, what they will see, and
of pretend or other types of creative play.who they are going with. This exercise allows the
Try some of these preschool creative activities thatchildren to use their imaginations for planning the
focus on the letter "T". However, they are not justfictitious vacations, and shows them what travel on a
limited to the alphabet theme. Many can be used whentrain might be like.
learning about animals or teddy bears, transportation, orTooth Time!
dental hygiene.Finally, here are some creative activities for exploring
Teddy Bear Rank and Fileanother aspect of the letter "T"- teeth. For the first
Children love teddy bears, which can often lead to aactivity, children make large teeth from plastic bottles
week-long or month-long celebration of all things teddy,and white tempra paint. Give each child a two-liter soft
such as Octobear or Novembear. Have each childdrink bottle that has the top part cut off. Paint the
bring their favorite teddy bear to live in the classroombottles with white tempra paint, and once the paint has
for a month and meet other teddy bears. This is whendried, each child has a giant tooth that they can
the preschool creative activities can begin!practice brushing on.
First, assemble all the teddy bears together. Then,Next, have each child make their own toothbrush to
have one of the children rank the bears according to ause for brushing the giant tooth. First, cut a toothbrush
criteria such as size, weight, cutest, funniest, etc. Thisshape from a piece of construction paper. Punch a
teaches children to look at pieces of a whole and learnfew holes in the head side, and string short pieces of
the concept of ranking things. Plus it allows allow thempipecleaners through the holes. Tape or glue the
to apply creative criteria to a set of objects.pipecleaners to the other side of the toothbrush. Have
Taking a Train Rideeach child write their name on the toothbrush and
When learning about the letter "T", one of the mostdecorate it to their liking. Now they have a toothbrush
important categories to explore is transportation. Here'sto brush the large models of the teeth!
a fun little game called Taking a Train Ride. For thisTry these preschool creative activities and then let
game, assemble all the chairs in the classroom two byyour own imagination take over. Your preschoolers
two in a line. For each chair, write a number on a piececan also provide their own fresh ideas to use!
of paper and tape it to the back of the chair.