David Fitch March 31, 2005

(Student’s Name) (Date activity will be implemented)

The Round Room Four Year Olds

(Name of Child Care Classroom) (Age Group)

A. General Information

1. Name of Activity Source of Idea-Author, text, page number (required)

MaryAnn F. Kohl pg. 82

2. Curriculum Area or Development Area

Creative Art

3. Brief Description of Activity

The children will have blue, red, and yellow paint and use sponges to paint with.

4. Where? Activity area where activity will be presented

At the table in the art area.

3. When? Approximate "Time Block" activity will be presented.

Free Time 2-4pm.

4. Who? Number of children you will be working with at a time-size of group.

There will be two children at a time one on each side of the table.

B. Activity Planning

1. Why? List purposes of activity.

In this activity, children will develope an interest in painting. Learn how to mix two or more colors to make

a new one.
 2. What? List all materials needed (do not include recipe ingredients unless children are making the

recipe in the classroom),

5. Sponges cut into shapes.

6. Pinch style clothespins.

7. Blue, red, and yellow tempra paint.

8. Pad of wet paper towels on a grocery tray.

9. Newpaper

10. Scissors

11. Paper

3. How? Procedures (include details).

4. Cut sponges into shapes.

5. Pinch the sponge with the clothespins as a handle for painting with the sponges.

6. Dab the sponge into the paint.

7. Then dab the sponge onto the paper making a sponge print.

Sponges

Tray of wet paper towels Color Scheme

Blue Yellow Red
Novel Materials

Clothespins
Children’s book to use prior to Activity
Mouse Paint
By: Ellen Stoll Walsh
Pub. Date: August 1995

paper

4. List 4 things that you want the children to understand from this activity.

1. That blue and yellow mixed together makes green.

 2. There are many different tools you can use to paint with and sponges is on of them..

3. Work on self-esteem.

4. Everyone is an artist in their own way.

5. As a guiding adult, I will transition into activity with the following open ended question:

What can we do with sponges and paint?

6. During the activity, I will use descriptive statements such as ...

1. You used the square sponge.

2. You used the color blue.

3. You mixed the two colors together and made a new one.

7. During the activity, 1 will ask the following open-ended questions,

1.What happen if you mix blue and red together?

2. What would you do if you didn’t have any sponges?

3. I wonder what else we could use to paint with other than spanges?