All my kindergarten painting units begin with color mixing exploration. We take things super slow. In order to use the palettes again and again over time I must first teach kids to mix their colors only on their papers and not in the palette.
incidentally learning how to make orange is MUCH more powerful than me telling them.
I purposely ONLY use clean plastic containers for that way students also see that the colors mix in the water as well, as they wash their colors away. Sometimes this is more fascinating than painting, and that is okay too.
The next day they get THE SAME painting...you heard it....THE SAMe PAINTING again. Some kids will try to turn the paper around to paint on the back for they have not yet been taught that once dried, the surface can be painted again. This new revelation is very fun for the students. I make sure all students have thin brushes and a 12x18 paper. This keeps them neat, and the space they use this time effectively. Smocks are often not needed, just make sure they have easy reach to the water jars and that they know how to properly wash their brush so as to not tip over the cup.
All students share one palette and one jug of water. If you increase the number of kids sharing these items you will have chaos or water accidents. All items need to be easily reachable and you need to have enough of them for kids to be able to solely focus on their work. Behavior management begins in the planning of where supplies go and how many supplies each kids have access to.
Naturally, students begin using paint to overlap colors.
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