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Re: elementary painting

From: Rosa Juliusdottir (rojul)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2000 - 15:54:47 PST

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    It depends on the age of the children I am teaching what I use. With
    children older than 8 or 9 I use palettes, but they only get the primary
    colours and black and white, and very little at a time so notthing goes
    to waste. For my young students(4 to 7 or 8) I usually have small jars with
    paints and one brush for each colour then if they must mix colours they do
    it on a styrofoam tray and get extra brushes. It works really well but then
    I never have more than 12 or 14 students. The older students take care of
    the cleaning, I clean for the young ones.
    Best wishes from the far north,
    Rosa

    >Please help me organize my painting lessons better. Do you all use styrofoam
    >egg cartons to hold tempera paint? What about palettes? I have the children
    >using recycled xerox paper because it can be thrown away at the end of the
    >lesson. It does absorb the paint, though. How about mixing paints on the
    >plastic lids of the Crayola Magic tubs? But then I'll have to wash them. Any
    >ideas along this line would be greatfully appreciated. I have seven tables in
    >my room. Each class has about twenty-two students. Sky McClain
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