Fun Preschool Activity — Paint Blobs

Teaching Objective/Before You Begin

Paint blobs can help you understand your child's feelings and emotions. As he repeats this activity and tells you what he sees each time a new design appears listen carefully to his words as he describes what the blob looks like.

You might title the notebook you use to write his comments in "Your [child's name] Book". It is interesting to look back several weeks later at the now drypictures and ask him again what he sees. If you number the pictures when he does them and note in his book the number of the picture next to his description when he first looks at it then you can compare what he sees now with what he saw then. This is a good way to discover how his vocabulary has grown.

Materials Needed

• Tempora paint
• Paper
• Notebook
• Pencil
• Newspaper

Activity Steps

1. Fold the paper in half, then unfold it and place it on newspaper
2. Carefully pour a small blob of paint on one half of the paper
3. Fold the other half over the paint and press it down lightly
4. Open the paper and check it out
5. Ask your child to tell you what his picture looks like to him
6. Jot down in the notebook the comments he makes
7. Be sure you add the date on this page in your notebook

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