Water and containers. Talk about watercolor paint and discuss the fact that it is a transparent paint. Review color mixing. Demonstrate how when wet yellow paint is added to wet red paint on the paper, and orange color will appear. Students should be encouraged to try mixing colors on the paper in this way.
Students can then begin adding watercolor paint to their paper.
The paint should be nice and wet so that it runs and blends on the paper. The entire paper should be filled with color. Students can pick up their papers and move them around to make the paint run in every direction. As the paint is drying, your kinderartists can begin to pick out shapes that appear on their paper. When complete, discuss the results with your students.