Valentines Day

Hi everyone, this week we celebrated valentines day and made cards for our family members. I cut out some hearts and poured some pink paint out to decorate our cards. 

Tyler and Mikayla were the first to join in and started to paint their cards. Tyler really enjoyed painting his card. Once he had finished his card I taped down a piece of white paper for him to paint. I left him to his painting and he giggled away as he painted his paper. When he had finished he had paint all over his face and the table.

Mikayla enjoyed painting and wanted to continue painting once she had finished her painting. I also grabbed her a piece paper to continue painting.

We have noticed that the babies in the Fantail house all have a real love for painting and will often paint multiple pieces of paper when we do painting.

Ben also joined in painting and really enjoyed making his card.  He concentrated really hard on what he was painting.

Painting is a great way for babies to have creative freedom. For some of our babies is a great way to enjoy messy play. They all enjoy feeling the paint, in their hands and painting all over themselves rather than the paper.

Tyler and Ashley are a great example of children who enjoy the messy side of painting. While I was at the table both Ashley and Tyler painted their face rather than the paper.

Painting is a great way for Children to express how they feel and see the word. Although it may look like scribbles to us, try asking your child what they have drawn and they will usually have an answer.

When I do any type of art activity with the children I try to ask open-ended questions as they are painting or drawing. I am continuously surprised by their answers.

Recently when I was doing an art activity with the children most of them were able to identify the different colours they were using. A few were even able to say what they were drawing.

Jess