I showed the kids how to paint the colors of the rainbow with one Kinder class, but noticed that it was hard for Kinders to keep the order straight. It just isn’t possible at this stage so expectations are based on creating a happy experience and not perfect results. The thing I love about painting with Kinders is that you know they can’t paint inside the lines. Many didn’t associate the concentric circles with a flower so the lines were varied. It was fun seeing what kind of line the kids made for their final or outsides line. The next circle got a bit wobbly and then the final circle had some bumps or wiggles. Then, they drew a larger circle around the first circle. Using a black oil pastel on large paper (18″ x 24″), Kinders drew a circle in the middle of the paper. Drawing with pastels, painting with puck tempera and creating dots, lines, and patterns with black and white paint covered many art standard basics. These happy colorwheel flowers were a perfect introduction to art for my Kinders.
