How do the children refer to the painting outside of the time that it is taken down to paint on a birthday?
What meaning does the painting hold outside of the act of being a canvas?
The teachers have observed the children frequently refer to the painting during snack, recalling what they did on their birthdays and the colors they painted with on their birthdays. Children with upcoming birthdays share their preferences for the color they wish to add to the canvas on their birthday.
We wonder - How do the children refer to the birthday painting?
We wonder - How do the children refer to the birthday painting?
How can our birthday painting translate to other work with paint? How can the birthday painting be connected to other experiences in the classroom and vice versa?