What Do You Think Of This Setup?

[angelpayne24]

I love your layout and I really love your painted tree on the wall!

[melskids]

i have a 16 month old. all of my art stuff is out, open and accessible to everyone but the 16 month old. he is NOT allowed in the art area without me. he actually still sits in the highchair to use the art supplies, just so i can contain and control him a bit.

[Sprouts]

Did you paint the tree and the swing tire?? Thats exactly how i picture my reading area too

I love the "montessori" theme, very nice

[dEHmom]

Am I seeing a million Lincoln Logs????

We live in Canada and they don't sell those! But my MIL bought a set for my son for Xmas when she was in USA.

They are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the set ups!!!! I'm super jealous

[Little People]

Am I seeing a million Lincoln Logs????

We live in Canada and they don't sell those! But my MIL bought a set for my son for Xmas when she was in USA.

They are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the set ups!!!! I'm super jealous

Can you order them off ebay and have them shipped to you. We have the Lincoln Log set that has a train set too. My dck's love it!

[Blackcat31]

I have a HUGE Rubbermaid tote of Lincoln Logs and I NEVER use them because my dck's don't seem to understand that they are not swords. They don't seem to have the concept down so they opt for the large cardboard blocks, Duplo's, Waffle Blocks and Bristle Blocks instead.

As a kid, I LOVED Lincoln Logs....my brothers and I played for hours! My own DS and DD played with them as well. As a matter of fact, the big bin I have of them are from my own kids.

[countrymom]

Am I seeing a million Lincoln Logs????

We live in Canada and they don't sell those! But my MIL bought a set for my son for Xmas when she was in USA.

They are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the set ups!!!! I'm super jealous

toys r us sells them and so does costco, thats where I bought them. My ds and dd play with all the time too, I just don't have alot so they can only make small houses. They are expensive.

[dEHmom]

nope we have searched every toy store, including the specialty toy stores. it would be ridiculously priced to order them special.

I've looked on ebay, and thought to order them, but my ocd says don't mix them in separate containers, and must be kept in original box. So I cannot purchase them. I'd love to find someone selling a million pieces for like 20 dollars though!

[SunflowerMama]

Here's my solution to the art area. Thanks for all your awesome suggestions!!




To answer 2 other questions...

- A friend of mine who is an artist painted our tree/swing. She's so awesome and it's my favorite thing about my daycare by far.

- I found the Lincoln Logs at Goodwill for $3!!! So siked when I found those!!

[Autismworld]

Here's my solution to the art area. Thanks for all your awesome suggestions!!

Is that the Superyard XL? How did you attach it to your walls???

[Preschool/daycare teacher]

Here's my solution to the art area. Thanks for all your awesome suggestions!!

Please let me know how the art area goes! What are the ages of your children allowed in that area? We have mainly 2-5 yr olds and we can't block off areas from the younger ones so the older preschoolers can have more available to them. So right now I'm pretty scared to allow them access to the art materials. Even the 5 yr olds could do some pretty major damage I'm afraid. They still haven't learned to keep the materials in their specific areas. And if we try redirecting them back to the appropriate area with whatever they're walking around with, they ignore us, or if we try to physically guide them back they have a little fit, throwing themselves to the floor crying and throwing whatever they had in their hand (the toddlers, I mean). The older ones just ignore us. ANYWAY, let me know how this works for you and what rules you set for it. How do you keep them from just wasting the materials. Like emptying the entire glue bottle onto their paper!

[Abigail]

did you decide to do away with the art easel?

[momatheart]

For the water set up and the art easel I would purchase those big paint trays to set them in. The easle fits inside the plastic tray and all paint that falls lands in that and little feet do not step in the tray and track paint. They are able to paint standing outside the plastic tray. Also if you set the table with the water bin in the tray or use two trays you would not have to worry that much about water on your floor.

These trays are big plastic squares.

[SunflowerMama]

For the water set up and the art easel I would purchase those big paint trays to set them in. The easle fits inside the plastic tray and all paint that falls lands in that and little feet do not step in the tray and track paint. They are able to paint standing outside the plastic tray. Also if you set the table with the water bin in the tray or use two trays you would not have to worry that much about water on your floor.

These trays are big plastic squares.

I'll definitely keep my eye out for trays like that. I never knew they made them big enough to hold something as large as an easel. That's great to know!!

[SunflowerMama]

did you decide to do away with the art easel?

Well for now we're having some awesome spring weather...high 70's so it's been outside this week. I still haven't decided what to do with it on a more regular basis....but for now I'm just keeping it outside during the day with full access to the paints and then in the garage at night.