ACQUIRING SKILL
Calendars (Water-colors, brush, paper, calendar pad)
Draw circles, squares, etc., and let the child fill in the outlines with color. A tiny calendar may be pasted in the center and ribbons put through wherewith to hang it up.
In filling in these figures show the child how to hold the brush lightly so as to secure freedom of stroke. Let him make long strokes beginning at the top of the paper and moving from side to side slowly downward, or rather as rapidly as is consistent with neatness. Have enough water on the brush so that the color will not dry from one long stroke before you are able to go back and carry it on to the next stroke. Practice making a clean, smooth surface.
Nature Pictures
Let the child fill one sheet thus with blue, a picture of the sky. Another sheet may be covered with green, a meadow. Still another sheet may have the upper part blue and the lower green.