Today we talked a little bit about the letter Cc in our morning circle so to celebrate our letter Cc, I thought we should try some good old cotton ball painting…
To add an extra fine motor component to our cotton ball painting, I supplied clothespins all around the table and invited the children to use the clothespins to pick up their cotton balls and then dip them into the paint. Knowing that not all my students may know how to use a clothespin, I demonstrated for the children how to hold the clothespin with their fingers and squeeze hard to open it up and grab a cotton ball then use it to paint any way that they liked…
Then I sent the children off to explore the painting process in their own way (along with all the other centers around the classroom)…
Some of the children decided that using the clothespin was too hard and chose to use their fingers instead (which still is a good way to promote fine motor skills)…
While others focused their energy on using the clothespins…
And one little guy decided it would be much more interesting to explore LOTS of cotton balls…
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