Creating with lids in preschool

Yesterday, I shared how we spent time learning with lids in preschool so if you missed that post, click on the link and head back over to get caught up! If you are all caught up, then you are ready to see how I expanded the learning with lids in my classroom by inviting the children to create with lids…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

Painting with Lids

Lids come in lots of different sizes which make them a wonderful tool to use along with paint and paper…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

My students used the lids to print colorful circles on their paper…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

Once again, as the children are creating with the lids, learning is happening. Whether the children are focused on design, color, or just the process of creating with lids through any kind of creative process, the children are making decisions about how to approach the process based on what is most interesting or meaningful to them…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

While painting, the children may prefer to fit the circle prints inside each other, connect the circles together, make a long line, or just explore the process to see what happens when they place each painted lid on their paper…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

The wonderful thing about creating with lids is that lids are just a tool that one can use to inspire creative expression….

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

And that expression can come in many different forms…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

And lead to all kinds of different results…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

Gluing with lids

In my classroom, we do quite a bit of glue collages on pieces of cardboard. We use cardboard to give our artwork a sturdy canvas to work on and a cardboard canvas holds up to the heavy weight of glue better than construction paper…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

Because we had so many different colors of lids, the lids were the perfect resource for creating a bright and colorful collage on our cardboard canvases…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

Some of our students created a picture with the lids while others preferred to just enjoy the collaging aspect of creating with lids…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

Most of the children placed their lids flat on the cardboard canvas while a few of the children decided to glue some of their lids standing up on their sides…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

Every child was free to choose the colors, sizes, and number of lids they wished to add to their glue canvas…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

Easel Painting with Lids

In my classroom, we also enjoy the process of using easel starters. Our easel starter today was, of course, a lid! I hot glued one lid on each piece of paper and made enough easel starters for each child to choose from plus a few extra. Some of my students preferred to paint on more than one lid easel starter paper…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

Each child made their own choice as to how they would like to integrate the lid into their easel painting…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

And just like the creative process should be, every child’s work was unique in approach and results…

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

These were a few ways that we explored creating with lids in our classroom. Tomorrow, I will share with you a little bit more about our exploration with lids. I know from reading the comments on my Facebook page that many of you have other creative ways to explore with lids and if you have something to share, please do leave your idea in the comments below!

Creating with Lids by Teach Preschool

In the mean time, be sure to also check out how we explored life skills by making Lid Soup

Lid Soup by Teach Preschool

And how we used Lots of Lids to make this rather unique Bottle Cap Matching Game!

Lots of lids by Teach Preschool

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Deborah J Stewart

Deborah J Stewart

Every time I think I know everything I need to know about teaching young children, God says, "Hold on a minute!" and gives me a new challenge.

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With each new challenge that you overcome, you will find yourself better equipped and more passionate about teaching young children.

God didn't call wimps to lead, teach, or care for His children. Nope, he has high expectations, so get ready. You will have to give your very best but after teaching for over 30 years, I can tell you that it is a wonderful and rewarding journey.

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