Lexi's rock painting

Lexi took an interest in rock painting one day last week. The idea came from Zoe, as she brought in a big rock from home that she had been painting over the weekend.

This sparked an interest with Lexi and Emily. Lexi said to me 'Ainslee, I want to paint a rock!'. I suggested that she look for one down at the rock path. A few moments later, she came back looking chuffed that she had found a rock. Emily was a few steps behind her, also holding a rock. As this interest grew, I added more newspaper to the table and got a wider range of paint and brushes. The rock painted lasted til morning tea time, and then after.

Lexi decided to paint her rock green. She then noticed that she needed to paint the other side, but she couldn't turn it over as it was wet. So we came to the conclusion that she could wait for it to dry and then come back later to paint the other side. Lexi was happy to return to her painting later on that day.

Children's spontaneous play and ideas are recognised as valuable learning (Te Whariki).

Ainslee