Nursery World - Right from the start (2)

This week: Fluffy painting - lines and patterns in special paint to promote early marks and writing Aspect: A Competent Learner Component: representing Walkers, talkers and pretenders

Aspect: A Competent Learner Component: representing Walkers, talkers and pretenders

What you need

* puffy paint (for each colour): 1 cup of white flour; 1 cup of salt; 1 cup of water; ready-mixed paint n empty washing-up liquid bottles (clean!)

thick paper or card

What you do

1 Let the children help you mix the paint. Then use a funnel to put it into the bottles. Replace the tops and you are ready.

2 Show how to hold bottles upside down and squeeze gently to make the paint come out in lines, squiggles and blobs.

3 Let the children work as freely as possible, but talk with them as they work, and draw attention to the way the paint behaves. Encourage them to look at what others in the group are doing.

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