Montessori Methods & Activities : Art Montessori Activities

[gnomingaround]

I think most people use tempura paint for young children which is lots of fun, but I also recommend watercolour painting the effect of layering the brushstrokes and the colour mixing effect are different and a useful experience

[gnomingaround]

with young children my experience has been that with too many colours you just end up with brown as they tend to mix the colours on the paper alot - also when you limit to two primary colours children get to experience colour mixing and how colours are made (yellow and blue = green) and knowledge from experience seems to seep into their minds deeper than knowledge by teaching

[rachelswirl]

Why just two colours?