Toddler Art Class

Grayson started a toddler art class a couple weeks ago at the train museum.  It is geared for kids 3 and younger which I found wonderful since many are for kids 3 and up.  The teacher introduces the kids to different art forms each week and seems to understand her audience very well!  She invites them to sit together on the carpet to talk about the materials first and discuss them, but knows that kids will be kids and may not want to sit for longer than a few seconds!  The first week the kids got to explore textures in art and glue different materials onto cardboard.  There are 2 little girls and then about 5-6 boys in the class.  It was funny to see the little girls sitting on the floor touching the materials, listening to the teachers questions, and talking with her.  Where were the boys??  Well, Grayson and two little boys were more interested in the train table.  Another boy was reading books instead.  And the last was over coloring a picture.  None of the boys wanted to sit on the floor!  Imagine that!  Glad it wasn't just Grayson though!  I did manage to get his attention on glue though once she brought that out and he glued a few things on his board then went right back to the trains!

Ryley hanging out at art class!

The second week, we walked in and Grayson ran straight to the train table and saw it was covered up.  Needless to say, we had a 2 yr old moment with him bawling and throwing himself on the ground!  He was NOT happy!  He tried running out of the room while saying "All done... all done!".  I finally convinced him to come sit at the carpet with me when he stopped crying and noticed she had playdough.  Thank goodness it was something he was interested in!  The kids got to make things with playdough, model magic, and clay.  Grayson played with the model magic for awhile and we made a handprint to take home.  But then he was more interested in coloring a Chuggington picture which kept him busy until she uncovered the train table to play again before the time was up.  

Ah man... do I HAVE to wear this?!

This past week was painting day!  Funny how EVERY single kid was attentive and sitting quietly at a table this time!  It was a small crowd this week so she had extra canvases and each kid got to paint two.  We left them at class to dry and this Friday I'll get to bring his home and we'll hang them up in his room for decoration! :)  He loved to paint and it was a treat to have Daddy get to come with us since he had a 4 day weekend for St. Patty's Day.  After the canvases were covered in paint, the kids went outside to "paint" with water and sidewalk chalk. We had a little bit of a "teaching" moment at that point with Grayson not wanting to share.  

Painting a snake

This next will be more painting but this time with watercolors!