Today the kindergarten class was working on dying paper with primary colors to create secondary colors. First Mrs. T asked them if any of them knew how to do "magic" and said that they would be turning a piece of paper that is shaped like a rectangle into a triangle. Mrs. T showed the class how to fold their pieces of paper which many of them struggled with. It seemed like such a simple thing but fine motor skills like folding doesn't come second hand for kindergarten students. I walked around and helped students fold their pieces of paper, and would start it out for them and ask them which step was next until they were finished. For the students who picked this up quickly, they were eager to help their classmates with folding.
After Mrs. T had made sure everyone folded their papers correctly, she reviewed the color wheel with the class. She asked if they knew what the primary colors were, and then asked if you mixed red with blue you would get which color, and so on.
At one of the tables, there were three pie tins of dye set up that the students would dip each corner of their folded pieces of paper to. Mrs. T gave a demonstration of how to dip their triangles and wrap them up in newspaper and press on them before unfolding them. The students then got in a line and each took a turn dying their triangles. Today seemed like an entirely different class because they were so much more well behaved than they have been every other time I've observed. The one student who regularly gives Mrs. T and myself a difficult time only kicked one student today, and was far easier to work with.
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