I saw this idea over at First Palette.
Loved it.
The table was completely covered with paper.
From our block area I borrowed the push and pull vehicles.
Left them on the table with markers and masking tape.
The children didn’t even bother to wait to pull out a chair.
Although this morning I had hesitated about putting chairs around the table. For this type of activity I prefer for the children to have a full range of motion. Being able to move around the table allows them to use their whole body. It looks like they felt the same.
The marks on the paper showed their movements – some short pushes,
some very long pulls, others zigzagged and some spirals.
Then there was the two handed drawing.
Or crashing, tipping over, needing a tow truck to help start drawing again.
Didn’t even matter if it marked the paper.
There was interest in how the combination of toy and marker worked together.
Happy times.
Art and mechanics together.