A new song: The Tree Song
It has been a busy week!
Children have worked on a large-scale painting with tempera cakes at playtime. This type of paint is similar to watercolors in that one must dip a brush in water before swiping it across the tempera cake and then transferring that color to the paper. With multiple colors available, it then becomes important to rinse your brush before trying a new color. Tempera paint is thicker and more opaque than watercolors and creates a different effect. Since the rinse water can quickly get dirty, children sometimes have the inclination to paint with the rinse water and need a reminder that first putting their brushes on the paint cakes will yield stronger colors. It can also be a challenge to remember to rinse the brush when changing colors. Children managed these procedures well and have been excited to see the beautiful mural-sized paintings that we all made together.
Kids’ quotes from painting:
“I’m using three brushes!”
“I made green with some colors.”
“Let’s see what this makes!”
“Hey, I made this dark and brown. I made it with all the paints.”
“Red and blue…purple.”
“Green and blue and orange and green and red and pink made brown.”
We’ve been washing babies in the water table. Children have been loving the feel of the soapy water, as well as the fantasy play of cleaning and drying babies carefully.
Kids’ quotes from water table play:
“The baby already had a bath and is ready for bed.”
“Scrub, scrub, scrub”
“It’s a washclother!”
“I need to take care of these babies.”
“This is what my mom does with my baby.”
Treasure hunting in the sand table! These materials have sparked lots of fantasy play; sorting and counting; and communication about sharing, negotiating, and compromising.
Kids’ quotes from sand table:
“It’s beauties!”
“I need some money so the bad guys don’t get my gold!”
