• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

LEARN PLAY READ

  • ABOUT
  • Get Ready for Kindergarten
    • How to Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten – With Activities!
    • 27 Books Perfect for Introducing Kindergarten Concepts
    • How to Run a Kindergarten Readiness Class for Preschoolers
    • The Get Ready for Kindergarten Handbook
    • The Get Ready for Kindergarten Calendar
  • Process Art
  • Book Resources
    • Picture Book Reviews
    • Chapter Book Reviews
    • Non-Fiction Book Review
    • Book & Cook
  • Parenting Resources
    • Health
    • Nature Play
    • Need Hope?
  • Program Plans
  • Workshops
  • Shop
    • Cart
    • Checkout
    • My account
  • CONTACT
You are here: Home / Process Art / Benefits of Process Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Benefits of Process Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers

March 19, 2020 by Librarian

Benefits of process art for toddlers and preschoolers include developing creativity, engaging in play, improving confidence, and more!

*We use affiliate links and may earn commission from purchases made through those links. All opinions are our own.

Benefits of Process Art

Improve Fine Motor Skills

Using the muscles in their hands and fingers improves kids ability to manipulate small objects. Painting, drawing, coloring, building, cutting, and gluing are all examples of ways kids strengthen their muscles while participating in process art activities.

Develop Creativity

When participating in art activities, kids are able to make their own choices, experiment with materials, and try new ways to do things.

Engage in Play

In addition, for kids, learning primarily happens through play. By participating in these types of activities, kids are able to engage in the world around them, while having fun.

Practice Literacy Skills

Kids can engage in conversations, as well as trying out new words and expressing new concepts. In addition, using their hand muscles prepares them for eventually learning to write.

Develop Decision Making Skills

Kids are able to make independent choices. There is no right or wrong choices when creating in process art, so kids are free to make their own choices.

Improve Confidence

Also, kids are able to build self-esteem through trying new ways of doing things, experimenting with materials, and practicing making decisions.

Art Activities for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Further, check out these activities perfect for improving the skills of toddlers and preschoolers:

Group Process Art Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Group Process Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Canvas Challenge

In addition, we have art history projects for toddlers and preschoolers!

Frida Kahlo fabric flowers

August Macke watercolor paintings

Robert Indiana letter art

Betsy Ross flags

Gerhard Richter squeegee paintings

Further, follow us on Instagram for art history and other art activities. Also, find book ideas and other learning, playing, and reading resources!

10 Art History Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Filed Under: Process Art Tagged With: art, Preschoolers, Process Art, Toddlers

Primary Sidebar

Welcome! I'm Jaime, and I'm so happy you're here to learn, play, and read with me!

I'm a children's librarian in the midwest. I have a Master's in Library Science, with a Youth Services specialization. I like to think of myself as a professional reader of children's books, a sensory enthusiast, and a play activist. Which is great for working with children because kids' days are full of learning and playing (and in my dream world, reading books)!

I hope you're able to find some inspiration for teaching the littles in your life!

SEARCH

Want More?

Shop on Etsy

LESSONS

Get to Know Learn Play Read

Get to know Learn Play Read by browsing some of our favorite posts and products, from baby activities to art projects to book lists! Check out our Etsy page to use your discount code! If you don’t have a discount code and would like one, email info@learnplayread.com with the subject “Discount Please!” Stay up to […]

Daily Summer Activities for Preschoolers

Looking for daily summer activities for your families? Look no further! Find 93 activity ideas to keep your summer fun. *We use affiliate links and may earn commission from purchases made through those links. All opinions are our own. Daily Summer Activities for Families Three months with no school are ahead, and all of those empty […]

School Library End of Year Checklist

Use this school library end of the year checklist each year to make sure you finish all necessary tasks before summer break. Of course, modify and add/delete as it fits your library and district requirements. School Library End of Year Checklist Download PDF copy of the end of year checklist More School Library Resources Graphic […]

Learn Play Read, 2023. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to LearnPlayRead.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.


Footer

RECENT

  • Realistic Fiction Chapter Books for Ages 8-12
  • Get to Know Learn Play Read
  • Best Natural, Simple, and Quality Baby Items
  • Daily Summer Activities for Preschoolers
  • School Library End of Year Checklist

Tags

art art history babies book club book review books butterflies circles Claude Monet Colors Crayola elementary family Famous Artists Finger Painting Flowers glue Henry Matisse kids kids books Messy Messy Painting non-fiction non-fiction book review non-fiction picture book Paint Painting picture book picture books preschool Preschoolers Process Art Programs read scissors Shapes stickers teacher resources teach kids at home Toddlers Vincent Van Gogh Water Lilies Wax Paper Yarn Young Artists

Archives

  • February 2024
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • December 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • February 2022
  • October 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • January 2019
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017

Copyright © 2025 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in