Making Marks

Children need the freedom  to appreciate the infinite resources of their hands, their eyes, their ears, * the resources of forms, materials, sounds, and colors. 
 -Loris Malaguzzi

(*for this age, for these investigators we would add, "their mouths, their feet,")


Today, paint!
Charlotte set up a large canvas outside with tempera paint in fall colors.
After naps and lunch, the children headed outside.
​ We took off their pants, put on smocks, made some puddles of paint nearby and let them explore, figure and mess about.
They were naturals!

Friends watched each other, mimicked movements and swished and swashed the paint through fingers and toes. They grabbed the familiar balls that felt somewhat... unfamiliar. They made familiar movements- slap, slap, slide and squeeze, that were also slightly different. They fiddled with brushes.

Joy and discovery,
ABUNDANT
for children and adults.

And they left their marks... on the paper, on the paint,

And the paint left its mark on them.