We've returned to painting. I was excited to continue painting and see how the children would experience being reintroduced to the material. Kaia engaged with the paint for the longest period of time yet. In her previous experiences she would usually taste the paint, not like it, and then make her way into her mother's lap where she would stay until she moved on from painting. This time she really wanted to share the experience with her mother, offering her the cup and the tempera cake.
This is a big step for Kaia and her mom too, as Kasey doesn't really like personally getting messy but really wants Kaia to enjoy painting.
Sebastien and Bryce explored the paint as they had in the past, discovering the cup, the tempera cake, the brush, and the colored water that would drip out. You'll see in the following video clip Bryce exploring the different components of the experience and also, most interestingly, observing Sebastien with such intensity that you can't help be in awe of children's capacity to learn from one another.
The last time Sebastien painted he was trying to put the brush in the container and then on the canvas, which he observes me do when I first place the cups of paint on the canvas. This time he spent much of his time trying it again. He's really trying to connect getting paint on the brush and then on the canvas. You can see in the video, at one point he picks up an empty cup and gets paint on it. The puzzle pieces of painting are starting to fall into place for him.
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