Occasionally he may see an opportunity for individual instruction. Gifted children will see a multitude of possiblities and will develop their animals in ways that the teacher never dramed of, whereas slower children may find it difficult to think much beyond the basic structure and may gain their creative satisfaction from painting or decorating this simple form. When the children have developed the forms as fully as possible by adding wads, coils, or small pieces, they cover the entire figure carefullly with strips of newspaper that have been dipped into the wallpaper paste. Several complete coatings are essential for a good, strong figure. The paste adds consierable strength and gives a hard sruface on which to paint.
Some teachers like to add a final coat of torn paper toweling for a better painting surface.
Although this may be desirable, it is certainly not necessary. After the figures have been allowed to dry for a number of days, they are painted. The teacher should encourage the children to be experimental in their selection of colors and should not limit them to realistic interpretations. When the teacher is free in his approach, the feeling is contagious, and the children soon learn to work freely and experimentally. This search for new uses for old materials is just another part of the teacher's daily job in developing the sensitivity of each child to the world about him.