Developmental Planning Sheet

Kali Kent
11/9/16
Nature painting
Observation: Children are constantly painting throughout the entire day at
school. Having different materials to paint, will spark their interest, and
nature is such a big part of the classroom.
Social Development: Children will experience cooperation and sharing while
working on the same leaves and rocks, that are on the butcher table.
Children will also experience collaborative play by working side by side with
each other. Children can also experience problem solving when they run out
of paint to paint.
Emotional Development: Children can experience emotional development by
making choices in the color paints they are wanting to use or what piece of
nature they choose. Children may experience self-control by not dumping all
the paint onto the butcher paper. Children can experience self-expression, by
painting their feelings onto their paper. Children will also be satisfied in their
own work, once they are finished painting the leaves and hanging them on
the wall.
Physical Development
1. Small Muscle: Children will experience small muscle development by
holding the brush in their hands and painting the leaves. The children
can use hand-eye coordination by picking up the brush and putting it
into the paint container. Children can also use hand-hand coordination
by switching hands to paint.
2. Large Muscle:
Intellectual Development
1. Social Knowledge: children will be exposed to the different colors, and
their names. They will also know the expectations on how to use the
paint brush.
2. Physical Knowledge: Children will experience cause and effect by
mixing the colors together, and getting a new color. Children can also
discriminate between the physical properties of rocks and leaves and
where you can paint on them.
3. Logical/Mathematical knowledge

a. Number concept: Children experience one-to-one

correspondence by putting one brush into one container. Children
can compare amounts of paint they have in each container
b. Classification: The children can investigate the different types of
leaves and rocks, and sort them out on the paper. The children
are seeing the rocks and leaves in different ways, such as using
them as a canvas.
c. Seriation: The children can sort the leaves and rocks by the
different sizes, from big too small.
d. Conservation: The children can experience conservation by
dumping all the paint on the leaves and then asking if there is
more paint in the container or on the paper.
4. Spatial/Temporal Knowledge
a. Spatial Knowledge: children can experience spatial knowledge by
seeing how far they the can use the brush down the butcher
paper.
b. Temporal Knowledge: Children can experience Temporal
Knowledge by spending a certain amount of time at this activity.
5. Representation:
a. Letting the leaves stand as the canvas in this activity.