group paint to music

This week we decided to do a collaborative project with the kids. We taped sheets of paper to the table and had the kids start painting when we started some music. After the first song was done we had them all stop and rotate to the seat to their left. Then we started the music again and had the kids add to that painting. We did this until everyone had a chance to add to each painting. This project was meant to teach that there are no mistakes in art that can't be corrected and that there are no "right" and "wrong" ways to creating art. There are as many good ideas as there are people in the room. Also, to see what happens to the evolution of your picture at the end, with the contribution of others. We explained this to the kids and also set some ground rules as to how we were to be respectful to each others paintings. Despite this, we STILL had some disrepectful remarks and actons going on. But, it turned out to be a great teaching experience! It was interesting to see the strong need for ownership even though techinally there was no real ownership to creating each picture. Overall, everyone enjoyed the painting and especially to the music. P.S. We did let the music go awhile in between songs to give people time to finish what they drawing. I think the musical chairs part works better with more abstract painting then drawing acutal pictures of thing but we just let anything go!