Wearing Colour

Lines of Inquiry:

People use colour to decorate themselves

Colours are sometimes associated with feelings

Do we use colour to decorate our faces? The children's response was yes we do, with face paint and lipstick. I put together a PowerPoint presentation featuring how people from other cultures use colour on their faces for celebrations and ceremonies. The children were intrigued.

On Monday, the children wanted to wear colour on their faces and decided on which colour and where it was to go. They practised their recording skills by filling out a form recording what colours they chose, and reflected on why they chose those colours and how it feels to wear these colours.

thinking about our choices

colours we wear!

On Tuesday, we reflected on the colours we wear. The children took turns practising speaking in front of others and listening to others as we shared our thoughts on the colours we were wearing today and why.

"I wanted a long sleeve shirt and I chose pink because I like pink."

Next, the children's bodies were traced on paper and they painted the clothes choosing the colours they wanted. Bela wasn't interested in making a body tracing of his own but he was happy to help Alfie work on his!

"I want striped tights!"

helping a friend

carefully filling in space