This document provides instructions for a preschool arts activity involving cardboard relief printing using play dough and paint. It defines key vocabulary words like cardboard and relief print. The learning outcome is for children to understand how to independently create cardboard relief print designs. Safety guidance limits the number of children in the art center. The activity addresses an early learning standard around creating and describing various art forms.

1. Visual Art: Cardboard Relief
Print
Grade Level: Preschool
Areas: Visual Art; Math (Geometry)
Group Size: Up to 5 (teacher-guided)
Timing: 30 minutes
Content Research:
• I need to know the techniques to do corrugated
cardboard relief print with play dough and on paper
using paint.
• Vocabulary words:
Cardboard – thick, sturdy paper-like
material that boxes
are made of.
Relief print – transferring patterns, words,
or any design from one medium onto
another medium.
• Children’s Book: Cardboard by Daniel Nunn

2. Learning Outcome: The children will
understand how to do cardboard relief
print designs and be able to do it
independently.
Health/Safety: No more than 5 children
in the art center at one time. Standard
classroom safety rules.
(Describe assessment, introduction, step-by-step
directions, and closure.)
Fine Art Content Standard the Activity
Addresses:
Expectation 4 (NJ Standards)
Plans and works independently to create
own art representations.
Recognizes and describes various art
forms.
Explores and describes art choices.

5. Music: Ten Green Bottles
Grade Level: Preschool
Areas: Music; Math (Number Sense)
Group Size: Up to 12 (Whole group)
Timing: 15 minutes
Content Research:
I need to know how to count backwards from 10 to
0. I need to know the song and be able to teach it to
the children who are not familiar or still learning it.
• Vocabulary words:
Count – adding one by one to find the
total number of things in a group.
Subtracting – taking away items from a
group so that there are less leftover.
• Children’s Book: Ten Green Bottles by Mary
Denson.

6. Learning Outcome: The children will be
able to join in singing the song all
together accurately or almost accurately.
Health/Safety: Standard classroom safety
rules.
Video: Ten Green Bottles
Fine Art Content Standard the Activity
Addresses:
Expectation 1 (NJ Standards)
Sings alone or with others.
MATERIALS
Authentic:
Bulletin board on wall with
Velcro strips pre-attached.
10 empty mini green
plastic soda bottles (with
the labels removed) with
Velcro strips pre-attached.

7. Drama: Party Time
Grade Level: Pre-K
Areas: Drama; Social Studies (Government)
Group Size: Up to 5 (teacher-guided)
Timing: Approx. 15 minutes
Content Research:
• I need to know how to improvise when acting out
a role.
• Vocabulary words:
Acting – taking on someone else’s role and
pretending to be that
person/character.
• Children’s Book: Miss Spider’s Tea Party by
David Kirk.

8. Learning Outcome: The children will be able
MATERIALS
to make up their own roles and act them out to
Authentic:
the theme of having a party.
Variety of dress up items and
Health/Safety: No more than 5 children in the
props.
dramatic play center at one time. Standard
Representational:
classroom safety rules.
Fine Art Content Standard the Activity
Addresses:
Expectation 3 (NJ Standards)
•Plays a role based on their life experiences.
•Makes up new roles and acts them out,
especially from familiar stories.
•Participates with others in dramatic play,
negotiating roles and setting up events.
•Differentiates between pretend and real.
Pictures of people in different
genres of party clothing.

9. Dance/Movement: Bubble Wrap Dance
Grade Level: Preschool
Areas: Dance; Math (Geometry)
Group Size: Up to 3 (child-guided)
Timing: 10 minutes
Content Research:
• I need to be able to identify the shapes square,
triangle, and circle. I need to know which bubble
wrap is good for easy popping under the weight
of a preschooler.
• Vocabulary words:
Bubble wrap – sheet of plastic filled with rows of air
bubbles.
Shape – A specific form with a certain amount of sides or
no sides, in the case of a circle.
Matching – putting similar or equal objects together.
• Children’s Book: What Shapes Do You See? by Begin Smart
Books.

10. Learning Outcome: The children will be
able to freely dance to instrumental music
while being aware that their dance actions
are causing the bubble wrap to pop.
Health/Safety: Observe children as they
handle the plastic bubble wrap shapes.
Standard classroom safety rules.
Fine Art Content Standard the Activity
Addresses:
Expectation 2
•Explores different ways of moving his/her
body with and without music.
•Attempts to move to the beat of music.
MATERIALS
Authentic:
Large pieces of bubble wrap cut into
triangles, circles, and squares.
Pre-cut pieces of duct tape.
Small shapes with Velcro strips attached.
CD or tape player with CD or tape loaded.
Representational:
Large cut out shapes placed on interactive
bulletin board against wall in area for
activity with labeled shape name (1
triangle, 1 square, 1 circle).