Watercolor Fun!

Etzim class has been experimenting with watercolors! We learned the steps of watercoloring. First you wet your brush, then you swirl it around in your color then you paint! Adding more water makes the color lighter and adding more paint makes it darker! We have been using beautiful watercolor paper to play with this new medium. They have been loving it. The colors are vibrant and they are enjoying using such nice materials. They also enjoyed  watching their cup of water change color each time they rinsed off their brush. Lots of rich learning happens while experimenting with a new medium. 

Abby was saying that adding water makes the paint, "melt. " Julia was saying that she was, "starting to paint on top of colors. it makes different kinds of color that could be your favorite color!" Understanding how to use water and pigment to create your desired effect is exactly how using watercolors works. So neat to see that they are enjoying the watercolor exploration process. 

Unexpected Coloring!

Today on the playground we had paper set up on (and under!!) the climbing structure! We had paper under the landings, on the bottom part of the tunnel and on some of the poles. These unexpected coloring areas were a huge hit as children from all different classes came together to reach up high and color!  Some colored with one hand, others both! Many of the younger children were fascinated that the older one's could color under the tunnel.

Both Ben G. and Zach S.  tried to jump in order to make a dot. Having a dot on the paper helped them feel accomplished as they added to the tunnel's decorations. It was neat to see how coloring was not only a creative activity but a physical one too. Kids needed height or strength to reach up high. Also many of the kids were squatting under the climber. This activity forced them to be aware of how their body fit in space, which can be a very tricky skill.

Keshet and Levana kids loved painting the poles. Noa and Alex L. Spent a lot of time making sure that all the white was filled in. it was so nice to see how proud Noa was to show off her communal drawing at pick-up. It was a beautiful day filled with wonderful community created art.

 Hopefully we can do it again soon!