Ball Painting
For our final painting adventure, we’re putting the paintbrushes away and bringing out the balls! Children will experiment with different sizes and types of balls, coating them in paint and then rolling, bouncing, pushing, and moving them across a large collaborative canvas.
Different balls create completely different tracks, textures, splashes, and patterns. Children can experiment with speed, direction, pressure, and color while discovering how movement changes their artwork. This is a big-body, hands-on process art experience designed to let children create through movement and play rather than sitting at a table with a paintbrush.
Ponchos and foot protection will be provided, and the creative morning will wrap up with pizza, bread, and juice for lunch.
Registration closes 48 hours before the event.
About the Host:
Just Like Home Family Daycare is a licensed, 5-star quality-rated family childcare program in Burton, Michigan, dedicated to providing high quality care for low income families. Our small-group setting allows children to receive individualized attention while participating in hands-on learning, outdoor play, sensory experiences, early academics, and creative enrichment. We believe childhood should include plenty of opportunities to move, explore, experiment, get messy, and create, which inspired our outdoor process-art experiences for local children and families. CDC Scholarship accepted with $0 copays.
Daycare website:
www.mydaycarepage.com
About the Teacher:
Kaitlyn King is an early childhood educator, childcare provider, and the owner of Just Like Home Family Daycare. She holds an Associate of Applied Science in Early Childhood Education and an Associate of Arts, both earned with honors from Mott Community College, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from Oakland University, with areas of study in Family and Women’s Studies. She is also a Michigan Registry Registered Trainer and has completed specialized training in pediatric vision screening through Prevent Blindness.
Kaitlyn has several years of experience operating a licensed family childcare program and creating developmentally appropriate experiences for young children. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes hands-on learning, process art, sensory exploration, outdoor experiences, movement, and learning through play. She especially enjoys creating opportunities where children are free to experiment, make a mess, build confidence, and experience art without the pressure of creating a “perfect” finished product.