Invisible Writing

Our spy center has been a big hit! To celebrate and also to encourage some authentic writing, we placed 'invisible writing' tools at our writing center today.

 

The children were encouraged to write a secret message to a friend using a white crayon on white paper...

 

...and then to decode the message the children had to paint over the writing using watercolours!

 

It was a bit hit with the children and so much fun!

Marker Experiment

What happens when you put markers in cups of water? We asked our children what they thought and then experimented with markers and water on our light table.

The children were fascinated by what they observed - the water turned the colour of the marker almost immediately!

Wanting to extend this activity and encourage children to engage in a writing experience, we put out white paper and white crayons and encouraged the children to write 'secret messages' to one another. Children wrote on their papers with the crayon...

And used the coloured water to decode the secret message!

What fun!