Exploring and Creating!

At each child's work space, there were q-tips, paint, and a brown marker.   I told the children we were going to use these materials to create trees you might see during the fall season.

It was interesting to watch as some of the children picked up the brown marker right away and started drawing lines, swirls, and rectangles, which they called the trunk and branches of the tree.

After they created the trunk and branches they started dipping the q-tips in the yellow, green, and orange paint.   Once they had enough paint on the tip of the q-tip they created colorful leaves.   Josie placed the q-tip on the little lines she called the branches and rubbed the q-tip in a circular motion.   Zach dipped his q-tip in the paint and placed the q-tip on his paper, then he quickly pulled it up away from his paper and then placed it down again.  He continued moving the moist q-tip up and down, over and over again.

When the children felt finished with their painting, they laid it on the sensory table to dry.   We displayed them in our classroom today.   When you get chance come in and see your child's colorful, bright fall trees!