"My Name" Art & Play Guide

$30.00

A name is essential to how a child sees themself. Throughout the art and play invitations, mindfulness routines, deeper investigations, and rich picture books within this guide, we offer many ways to explore that identity and build a deeper sense of belonging. We share our own take on classics like self-portraits and name recognition, while encouraging educators to dig a little deeper. Whether you are using this guide at the start of a new school year, a mid-year reset, or simply a moment that calls for reconnection, we help you offer the most basic, familiar materials that need no instruction, meeting children at a place where they can feel safe, calm, and trusted.

Our guides blur the line between art and play. They are inclusive and honor each child’s individuality and way of thinking and working. They are more than a collection of art ideas; they are the key to a cohesive, child-centered, manageable creative practice for your classroom or any space where children gather, explore, learn, and grow.

Our digital guides are 25 pages and include:

  • 20 creative invitations using everyday, low-prep materials that are either recycled, collected in nature, or already on hand

  • 2 extended art projects that can be worked on over a longer period of time to build creative confidence, either collaboratively or individually in the classroom

  • Master supply list

  • Mindfulness routines to help nurture connection and physical and emotional development, build in opportunities to self-regulate, and feel grounded throughout the school day

  • Simple enrichment ideas to help regulate and provide descriptive language opportunities

  • Ways to extend learning through deeper exploration, observation, and discovery

  • Curricular connections within the guide’s creative offerings to math, literacy, STEM, social studies, and/or social-emotional learning.

  • A rich, teacher-approved picture book list with an emphasis on diversity, inclusion, earth stewardship, and kindness

  • An artist spotlight that connects with the theme and nurtures a child’s curiosity, provides them with ways to notice and appreciate diverse perspectives, and establishes an early foundation for art appreciation

  • An at-a-glance reference printable of the month’s invitations for easy planning

A name is essential to how a child sees themself. Throughout the art and play invitations, mindfulness routines, deeper investigations, and rich picture books within this guide, we offer many ways to explore that identity and build a deeper sense of belonging. We share our own take on classics like self-portraits and name recognition, while encouraging educators to dig a little deeper. Whether you are using this guide at the start of a new school year, a mid-year reset, or simply a moment that calls for reconnection, we help you offer the most basic, familiar materials that need no instruction, meeting children at a place where they can feel safe, calm, and trusted.

Our guides blur the line between art and play. They are inclusive and honor each child’s individuality and way of thinking and working. They are more than a collection of art ideas; they are the key to a cohesive, child-centered, manageable creative practice for your classroom or any space where children gather, explore, learn, and grow.

Our digital guides are 25 pages and include:

  • 20 creative invitations using everyday, low-prep materials that are either recycled, collected in nature, or already on hand

  • 2 extended art projects that can be worked on over a longer period of time to build creative confidence, either collaboratively or individually in the classroom

  • Master supply list

  • Mindfulness routines to help nurture connection and physical and emotional development, build in opportunities to self-regulate, and feel grounded throughout the school day

  • Simple enrichment ideas to help regulate and provide descriptive language opportunities

  • Ways to extend learning through deeper exploration, observation, and discovery

  • Curricular connections within the guide’s creative offerings to math, literacy, STEM, social studies, and/or social-emotional learning.

  • A rich, teacher-approved picture book list with an emphasis on diversity, inclusion, earth stewardship, and kindness

  • An artist spotlight that connects with the theme and nurtures a child’s curiosity, provides them with ways to notice and appreciate diverse perspectives, and establishes an early foundation for art appreciation

  • An at-a-glance reference printable of the month’s invitations for easy planning

READ ME: You are purchasing a digital product designed to be printed or viewed on a device. After you purchase this guide, you will receive THREE emails. The first two will be a welcome email and your receipt. The third will come shortly after - maybe up to 5 minutes - and will have the link to your PDF download. This third email may end up in your “Junk” folder, so please check there before emailing us!

PERMISSIONS: You do not have permission to copy, share, replicate, or distribute this guide, in whole or in part. We put a lot of time and heart into everything we produce. Please don’t borrow our work without permission. All rights reserved, ©The Creativity Project, LLC.