Materials
Objects from the outdoors such as evergreen branches, leaves, pinecones, berries, acorns
Paper
Paint and paintbrushes
Paint trays
Instructions
1. Before class, arrange the objects from the outdoors on a table in an attractive way.
2. Invite the children to choose one or two of the objects to be the subject of their painting.
3. Provide the children with paint, brushes, and paper. Encourage them to create a painting,emphasizing that it need not look exactly like the subject.More to doField trip: Go for a walk and collect objects from nature to paint. Paint outdoors on a pleasantday.Math: Sort the objects into groups; arrange them in patterns.
