One of the activities we carried out this week in the Little Farmers project was fruit and vegetable printing. The table was prepared with a construction paper for each child, different colours of paint and dissected fruit and vegetables. Through this activity the children were invited to view fruit and vegetables in a different perspective and not just as a means to eat them or a source of food.
The children were encouraged to talk about the fruit and vegetables offered on the table, mentioning their name and their colours. I then gave the children the opportunity to touch the fruit and vegetables and talk about their textures. The children then compared the skin to the inside of the vegetables and fruits and also how the textures differ from one another.
Following this, the children were encouraged to dip the fruit and vegetables into their desired colour of paint and print them onto the construction paper. This did not only create art but it also brought out the different textures, patterns and shapes of the fruit and vegetables. The children were left free to create their own artistic work using fruit and vegetables.
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