We painted silks at school. Only Sonja would come up with the idea of doing that with preschoolers…
That was the practice piece
And then the real one. Leilani and I had practiced at home, and then I invited her friend Sophia over to see if I could manage 2… that worked pretty well, at least while they focused. So I took the painting that they had started to school. I estimate 50% of the painting was done by 3 girls, Leilani, Sophia and Madeline, but most kids got a chance to paint at least a few flowers or leaves. I managed to take photos of all but 2.
Most of it went really nicely, but at one time N. started: “I don’t like J… she is not my friend…” so I needed to deal with the 2 girl, focusing 100% on them. My little helper Leilani, who had so far been extremely good, showing kids how to do it and even erasing others mistakes got jealous. “Hmmm. I think I will paint this leaf pink…” and she did. I made her sit on a chair and take a break to think about it (didn’t even call it timeout) while I erased the pink which caused a *major* meltdown… we needed teacher Liselle and a snack o get Leilani back on track.
Leilani erasing a mistake with a q-tip
