The Wandsworth Preschool

Our two to three year olds seemed to be particularly interested in transportation.
They focused in their play on moving objects from place to place, not only cars and trains but other objects too.
This led to us planning investigation into what causes motion and movement.
Through our art lessons the children learnt that all motion is caused by two force pushing and pulling.
In the art studio we often encourage collaborative creation.
on the canvas all of which involved movement in different ways The children were intrigued by the changes of the canvas day by day and were very proud when the canvas finished and on display.
The children were then able to touch and feel and move the paint from underneath the plastic.
We created ramps and rolled cars on to the painted canvas to see what happened.
The children then sprinkled paint onto the canvas again, letting gravity pull it down.
Next, we created a pendulum.
We filled a cup with watered down paint and the children pushed the cup to create a circular motion.
This was an exciting experience as we discovered gravity pulled the paint down onto canvas even whilst moving.
flicked paint to give our canvas the finishing touches.
The children loved seeing the paint spluttering everywhere, on the canvas and aprons and learnt such a lot about movement, forces and gravity through this project.