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The Color/Colour
Corral Art Studio
HOW TO PLAY
Players create their own pictures—paint, draw, add
animated stamps and even weather effects.
Touch to select a background, including a
blank canvas.
Touch to add weather options—day and night,
snow and rain.
Add stamps to a child’s pictures. Many animate!
Touch to use a paintbrush, a paint
bucket, a crayon, a magic wand or an eraser.
Touch to select a color/colour or pattern.
Touch to undo the last action.
WHAT’S BEING TAUGHT?
Creativity:
Children use their imaginations and explore new ways of seeing things.
They can create a farm scene with a polka-dot barn and plaid grass. With so many
options (and none of them wrong!) your child is free to explore.
Science and Nature:
Players can put animals in their natural habitats: on the farm
and on the pond. By adding weather and time of day to scenes, players can also consider
the effects of atmosphere on the environment.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
Imagination and creativity are important qualities that can be encouraged and enhanced
during early childhood. By allowing your child to put “a round peg in a square hole,” he
or she is given “permission” to investigate all sorts of possibilities and develop creative
problem-solving strategies.
Try This at Home:
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Make a mural of another habitat: the ocean, the rainforest,
the North or South Pole. Explore the real-life plants and
animals that live there, as well as the climate in that place.
