Painter's Palette

• DOMAIN(S)

  Communication, Language, and Literacy (CLL)
• INDICATOR(S)

  CLL2.4a
• AGE GROUP(S)

  48-60 months

Provide white paint and two primary colors such as red and yellow in the art center. Mark off a grid of 11/2–2" squares with masking tape on white poster board. Place a dab of each color on a white Styrofoam® paper plate for each child to use as a “palette.” Explain that painters mix paints on the palette before putting them on their paintings. Show children how to dip the brush in one color and move it to another spot on the palette, add a second color in the same way and mix them together. Talk about using white to make lighter colors called “pastels.” Encourage the children to paint in one of the squares on the grid whenever they make a new color. After the squares are all filled, carefully peel away the tape to reveal a painting of multi-colored squares.

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