This week we began by reading "I Aint Gonna Paint No More" written by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by David Catrow. It's a fun silly story based on a variation of the song"Oh It Ain't Gonna Rain No More". It's the story of a (slightly naughty) boy with a joy for painting that leads him to cover everything around him including himself in color.
The text is built on rhyme and the class tried to guess what the boy had just painted by listening to the rhyming word first.-“So I take some red...and I paint my HEAD!"
Preschoolers are hard on paintbrushes they use them to attack instead of paint the paper so we briefly talked about how to take care of paint brushes- things like not letting them soak in water and laying the paint on the paper not scrubbing it, etc.
I put out only three colors of tempera paints, the primaries- red, yellow and blue.
We put on classical music (slower soothing pieces) and had the children paint two different paintings-
one smaller piece during a 3 minute song and a larger piece during a 10 minute composition.
It was fun to watch as many of the kids discovered the secondary colors while painting.
this is fantastic, I want to read that book! :)
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the pictures of the kids exploring with primary colors of paint. Good for you!!!! Discovery is such a great way for kids to learn. They never forget what they experience first hand. I commend you!
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I am an assistant preschool teacher. My children are 4 years old and after school kindergardeners. I love to watch children paint. They are always creating masterpieces with careful consideration to the various brush strokes and mix of color. I like to incorporate glitter to their painting. The children think that this is a very special treat! I like the idea of playing clasical music while they are painting. The music seems to set a great atmosphere in the room, and the brush strokes seem to swirle with the rythem.
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