Reception: Expressive Arts and Design

Hands-On Expressive Arts and Design Activities

Expressive Arts & Design is an essential part of early learning goals for young children. It helps them to explore and express themselves through various art forms, including music, dance, drama, and visual art. Hands-On Education understands the importance of this component and has created seven free topics within this category. Each topic contains multiple activity suggestions that will help children to develop their creativity, imagination, and self-expression.

We believe that learning should be fun and engaging, especially for young children. That's why we have created these free resources to assist primary school teachers and home educators in providing an exciting and stimulating learning experience for children. Our aim is to be a hub of information where teachers and parents can find quick and easy solutions to their problems.

To access all these fantastic ideas, all you need to do is login or create a free account. Our resources are available anytime and completely free of charge. We hope that our light and engaging approach to teaching and general information shines through in these resources and helps to inspire creativity and self-expression in young children.

To help you get started, we have compiled a list of engaging and fun activities that will help your students learn while having fun. For understanding the world, we suggest taking your students on a nature walk to observe the world around them. This will help them develop their observational skills and curiosity. For literacy, we suggest reading aloud to your students and encouraging them to participate by asking questions and making predictions. This will help them develop their language and comprehension skills. For personal, social and emotional development, we suggest playing games that encourage cooperation and empathy, such as "What Would You Do?" or "Feelings Bingo."