Originating Idea

Children build on sense of competence

Materials

easel, Paint, brushes, sponges, stamps, smocks

Curriculum
Content

#8. Sense of competence

Appropriate age 3-4

group

Beginning
Opening
Statement

Introduce the material to children and send them in groups to the painting area

Middle
What will
paint
Children do?

Earlier
children will use their fingers

Middle
Children will use utensils to explore

Later
children will use the utensils to

And familiar tools to explore the

Paint And make marks on the
paper

the paint and make marks on their

paper

and make intentional marks on

pictures

Strategies:
How will you Describe to the children how they
Scaffold
are using the materials and
their
what colors they chose
learning?

Strategies:
Describe the movements that the children
use to create their work

Strategies:
Describe what you see on the
paper and ask the children to tell
you what their creation is or
represents

End
warning and
transition to
next part of
routine

As the children finish their painting have them clean up their area and put their work in the drying area

Follow-up
Ideas

Have the children find a place in the room where they want to display their work for others
to see
Provide the materials during other parts of the day for children to explore and create