august 2024
The children always love doing face paint and engaging in dramatic play as the characters they choose. The children ask everyday if we can do face paint so we told the children that the next time it rains we will do face paint. When H arrived at daycare he said “it's raining today that means we get to do face paint!” The children had already been thinking of what kind of face paint they wanted and were talking with each other about what they're going to be. “Me and L are both going to be butterflies. Right L?” says M. “Yes. I want to be a rainbow butterfly with all of the colours” says L. “Me too,” says M. “I want to be spider man again” says W. “I want to be spiderman too like W,” H responds. “I'm going to be a bunny! I'm going to be a little bunny rabbit” says H. When I asked Ch what she would like to be she said “bumblebee!” I asked her what colours we will need to use and she said “yellow and black.” Ch was so happy with her little bumble bee. C originally wanted to be a cheetah but then he changed his mind and said “I want to be an elephant.”H wanted to be a monster truck but then decided he would rather be a monster truck superhero with a green and black mask. All of the children loved their face paint and pretending to be different superheroes and animals. Now it was my turn… a small group of children worked together to paint my face so I could be “a rainbow kitty” they made sure to use ALL the colours and took turns adding their special details. “I'm making the ears”-W “I need to use white and black” -H. “I use red” -C “more purple!”-Ch. The children were proud of their face painting skills and wanted to show the other educators their amazing work. What a fun day!
Alesha Spirka RECE, Miranda Lange RECE
