Preschool Printing Lesson::Spring Chicks

The following lesson is a printing lesson that uses koosh balls to print chicks for a spring lesson.  You can find koosh balls at any dollar store in the children's section.  This lesson is appropriate for children as young as two and uses tempera paint.

Vocabulary to Introduce:

printing
tempera

Materials:

-paper plates

-yellow, blue, black, and orange tempera paint

-koosh ball

Preparation:

Water down blue tempera paint and mix well.  You can place this on the table for the children to start with.  Place yellow paint on plates with koosh balls in the center.  You could place the orange and black on a plate by themselves off to the side until needed.


Our YouTube Video demonstrating the process: