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This is Cooper, he is loving being in control of his paint brush, he was painting with green jello that smelled like lime.  He would get really close so he could smell, then he would look at me and smile. He also liked watching his paint brush go back and forth across the paper, he would twist it a lot also and watch it make the paper spin.

He realized that if he put his hand on the paper it would stay still for him and not move while he painted. He also go some of the gritty, sticky jello on his hand and couldn't decide which was more fun, painting or feeling his hand open and close while sticky.

So during this seemingly simple activity what could this child possibly be learning? Cause and effect, problem solving, identifying smell, tactile discrimination, creative expression, and the list goes on. Don't think that because it looks like nothing, that nothing is being learned.

Deborah K. Howell, Assistant Director