Thatcher's Painting: Ducks and Art?! Yes Please! Today at ArtMix I helped teach the paint with me class. I had 3 students and our biggest problem today was the stamps and properly holding a writing utensil! When we use stamps I am supposed to cover the stamp with paint and have my student's hold the stamp and I help them keep it down and keep it from smearing. This is difficult because 3 year old's get distracted very easily and they like to bounce the stamp around the paper which makes it smear, they don't understand you have to have patients. We count to 3 and up! Beautiful clouds. Holding a writing utensil is always a struggle for the little ones. I asked Kelly (my supervisor), how do you know if a child is right/left handed and she told me she would hold out the paintbrush to see which hand they grab it with and watch the child to see if they are struggling or succeeding. Regina's Duck: After we finished o...
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