This has to have been the most messy project I've ever taught. Sometimes I think to myself, "Why in the world am I doing THIS with KINDERGARTEN?!" But when the project is finished and I see the end result, I'm so glad I went ahead and persevered through the mess.
Day 1: Kindergarteners studied the art of Jasper Johns, specifically his number paintings. I drew a "tic-tac-toe" grid on their paper and they added the numbers 1-9 inside the grid. Choosing one color of tempera paint, they painted over their numbers.
Day 2: Trying to eliminate dirty water and dirty paint colors, we started with yellow, and they painted around three of the numbers, then three more with orange, and the last three with red. I gave them clean water again, and they used green, blue, and then purple.
Day 3: Starting back at yellow, they filled in the empty spaces around the numbers.
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