Paint and Glue.....

We paint everyday. Almost.....We try to use different things to paint on. We paint on bubble wrap, tiles, newspaper, plastic animals, cars, rocks, wood, egg cartons...etc...and tin foil. It looks cool, sounds cool, and is shiney. Kids (and me) love shiney. Q-tips are perfect for this painting activity....

Nope...we don't wear smocks....too hard, and the parents know to wear 'daycare' clothes. this helps the kids with spontaneos painting!!

Lee Lee has just started walking and found the easle. She now loves to be here....and loves to paint!!!! The paper...the easel....the chair...the wall....the floor....silly Lee.C.C. loves to paint too!!Glue...I buy big containers of glue...glue is sooooo much fun! We just get out paper and let them glue. After they do this many, many times...it is much easier to teach them how to do projects with a little bit of glue. This activity is important on so many levels! Gravity....fine motor strength (squeezing is hard work!)....eye hand coordination....spacial awareness....what happens if you squeeze harder?.....and just plain ol curiosity and fun!!!! They need strong fingers to do all that writing and drawing and this is a perfect way to get there!

Masterpiece...

Quincy is workin' hard...double fisted and everything. When he gets too much paint he stands back a little and watches it drip down the paper. And he makes sure to use the whole piece of paper....reaching really high to get to the top.
This is Quincys view.... This is my view.....

snow scribbles

We are painting with Qtips on a clear plastic sheet. These are easily washed so they can start over. We have also laid paper on top to make prints....but they chose not to do that today. Later they added blue.

Face Painting

Kamil looks a little unsure in this picture but he actually was quite pleased with himself. While I was helping someone in the other room, he decided to paint his face. "It's tickley" he said with a little smile. We looked in the mirror and he really enjoyed the image looking back. Amazingly he had no paint anywhere else (except a few drips here and there). He was focused on his face. Unluckily....the paint at the easel is the 'washable' paint....The purple does not wash. Luckily.... Kamils mum supports his curiosity!
Too Cute!