Art: Preschooler
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What Do You Do with Your Children's Artwork?
Asked by L.T. from St. Louis
on September 2, 2008
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Hi!
I have a 2 year old son and I already have a large pile of his beautiful artwork. What do I do with it? I want to keep at least some of his art, but I know real...
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- L., Something I do is keep a few, put some in frames or on the refrigerator, and then take a picture of my son holding the others. It is a great way to always have...
- I have three pieces of my daughter's artwork framed in identical frames in her playroom, two framed in my bedroom, one smaller one framed on the kitchen counter, and t...
- I really haven't done anything with most of my 4 year olds yet. It is being stored in a storage bin right now. Some has gotten thrown away as well. My intention is ...
Sunday School for a 3 Year Old
Asked by A.W. from Seattle
on April 8, 2010
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Hello -
I am thinking about starting to go to church with my daughter. I have no experience with church and a child. At her age, will she actually be in a Sunday ...
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- At my Church (Beaverton First United Methodist Church) There is a 'pre-school' room for children ages 2.5-5. They can be in the room through the entire service, or sta...
- We keep our 2.5 year old with us and use the mother's room to the side. We also have an infant. At our church, the kids over 2 (I think) mostly go to the Sunday sch...
- I am not going to try and sell you on my church or someone elses...LOL but I will say that for a 3yr. old it may be difficult going into a new facility and being aroun...
Storing Child's Artwork?
Asked by A.D. from Elmira
on October 27, 2011
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My 3.5 year old has started preschool and has brought home some awesome (and not so awesome :) ) artwork. I would like to keep the majority of it, but I can imagine t...
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- Take photos of everything, & keep originals of the favorites in a backpack for each year.
- Keep a couple cute ones and frame them to decorate your child's room. Everything else just take a picture of and toss. Trust me as you are trying to figure out to do w...
- Make one folder with plastic pouches, this will hold the best couple of the month. The rest goes in recycling after you've taken a digital photo. Keep that in an art ...
What to Do with All This Art from Preschooler?
Asked by J.K. from Honolulu
on May 6, 2011
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What do you do with your preschoolers art? I have a bunch saved (mostly paper drawings) , sometimes I tape them on the wall but then what? does anyone have any creat...
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- I have a chest for each of my boys with all the treasures I have saved over the years from first blankies to art.
- i throw it away. I keep anything fantastic on the wall, after a while it gets beat up, and it get trashed.
- This made me laugh. If I kept everything I could fill a room a large room. Sorry but you keep a couple a year toss the rest.
Displaying Preschool Artwork
Asked by S.A. from Salt Lake City
on October 12, 2009
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Hey Mamas!
My daughter started preschool last month and has been bringing home a ton of really cute pictures and things, and we want to display them (for a little...
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- well we always took and hung them along the wall to the bathroom. this way everyone could see them and they were up to high for little fingers. they stayed there until...
- Ikea has some great plastic frames with clips that you can hook together and hang vertically or horizontally all different sizes for some fun I have taken some of my d...
- If you decide to do the taking picture route you could also purchase one of the digital picture frames and hang it up in your kitchen or her room or wherever and then ...
Child's Artwork--preservation Options
Asked by M.K. from Appleton
on July 31, 2010
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My 6 year old finished kindergarten and has a whole box full of artwork. She is a fairly talented artist (unlike me!) and I would like to "preserve" some of her artwo...
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- I wouldn't suggest taking pictures of her artwork to save as opposed to actually saving the originals... it just isn't the same. If you want to scrapbook it, I would ...
- I use binders, one per child per school year. I keep their report cards, school photos, samples of school work and then I do a color scan of favorite artwork and reduc...
- scrapbooks, scrapbooks and more scrapbooks........some art can be fit to size, and pasted onto backing, making more space.
My 4-Year-old Constantly Wants Me to Play with Her: Advice?
Asked by M.B. from Chicago
on April 7, 2009
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Hi,
Just wondering how other moms have responded to their young kids when they want you to play with them. Lately my 4-year-old daughter is constantly asking me to ...
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- How about she "help" you with the chores? While you sweep the kitchen floor, she can be washing the plastic dishes in the sink. Put on some music nice and loud, ...
- Find a neighbor with a 4 year old and have the neighbor's child over to your house to play with...at the beginning, observe to make sure that things are harmonious...
- What's more important? The 4 year old or the housework that can be done at night or during her nap???? She'll be in school in less than a year. Be with her while you c...
Preschool Good for Our 3 Year-old?
Asked by M.S. from San Francisco
on April 7, 2010
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Our daughter just turned 3 years of age. She's been in a part-time preschool (~2.5 hours three times a week), since last November. Of all the preschools we looked at, ...
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- I'd strongly encourage you to keep her in the program or to perhaps look for another one if you collectively feel this one isn't the best. We've always been workin...
- I don't know if this is the case with your family or not, but if your husband expresses his dissatisfaction with preschool, your daughter is probably picking up on tha...
- My 2.5-yr-old only daughter is in a similar type of preschool 1.5 days/wk. She started in Mid-January, so she's been at it for about 3 months. She's very attached to...
3 Year Old Doesn't like Preschool
Asked by N.V. from Boston
on December 24, 2011
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Sorry if this is long...
My son, born June 24, 2008 has been going to a lovely Catholic preschool, the school is pre-k-8th grade. The atmosphere at the school is w...
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- of course you make him go, if he can get away with that now he will do it over and over, stick with it. 3 is young tho is this a half day thing a few days a week if no...
- Why would you have him repeat something he obviously doesn't like? There is no need for preschool. It is a silly concept, if you ask me. Let kids play, and play wit...
- Well, your post leaves out a few things that make it kind of hard to answer. First, does he really just lie there all day not doing anything? Or is he lying down bu...
3 Year Old Cries All Day at Preschool
Asked by T.K. from Philadelphia
on October 10, 2009
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My 3 year old daughter cries all day in preschool saying that she misses her Mommy. It has been 4 weeks now -(she goes twice a week for 2 1/2 hrs a day), and it's not...
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- Hi, Maybe your daughter just isn't ready. I don't think she will necessarily do the same thing next year. A year is a long time to a child that age. I doubt she's try...
- Lots of great inisight here already, but one other suggestion . . . Ask the teacher for a quick run-down of what they did that day and what they will do the next day (...
- Dear T., When my daughter cried in school, I gave her a locket with my picture on one side and hers on the other. That way I was always with her and when she missed ...
