A Colourful Experience

Children’s play area with colourful splashes of red, purple, and orange spray on the snow.

“Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to the words but by the experiences in the environment.”

Dr. Maria Montessori

Children gathered outdoors in the snow preparing bottles of coloured water for activity.
Educator kneeling in the snow assisting children with their coloured spray bottles.
Children standing on a snow-covered playground admiring the colourful snow artwork they created.

The children were provided with spray bottles filled with water and food colouring. They sprayed the bottles onto the snow to see what would happen.

Children kneeling in the snow with coloured circular stumps.
Child kneeling on a play structure, focused on spraying colour into the snow below.
Child holding bucket filled with snow dyed vibrant colours.

Over a small period of time the once snow white playground was now colourful and vibrant.

Child using a dropper to add coloured liquid into a water-filled sensory tray indoors.
Two children at table, using droppers to mix colours.
Close-up of children’s hands using droppers to mix different colours into jars and a water tray.

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