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Painting Stop & Go

We continued to dig a little deeper into the concept of stop & go. After reviewing the words in the book Go! Go! Go! Stop! and what it meant to stop and go, we took several opportunities to practice. Today we focused on what stop and go wold look like through painting. By using a few different materials the Pine kids tested their knowledge on stop & go and what that looks like on paper!


By using corks & cars the kids were able to represent stop and go. Stamping down on the flat end of the cork and making dots helped remind one other to stop where as using the cars for wheels the kids represented go!


"Look, the wheels have paint on them."


"It can just go like this."






"Stop!"


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