Art - Colours of the Season

Today, the Earth group children enjoyed reading the book "Bear Has a Story to Tell" by Philip C. Stead. The children were invited to look at the illustration carefully in the book as the seasons change through out the book. The story starts from Fall how the bear encounters his friends who are getting ready for winter time. 
The children shared their observation about the colours were used on the pages of Fall. We stopped to look at the illustration on each page; the children describe the different shades of a colour. Moreover, some children noticed how the colour fades on the page, which was the artist, Erin E. Stead using her water colour painting technique.

The children were invited to paint with their fingers and water colours. The children created their own story on a piece of paper. 

Making dots!

The children noticed that on the pages of season Fall, the illustrator used the colour orange, yellow, red and brown; there are the colour grey, blue and white on the pages of winter in the book.

Rub on he water colour pallet