“I have brown skin.”

“My skin is brown but it is black.”

“I have lighter skin– Peachy.”

“Mine is different on different parts of my body.”

“Yeah, my skin looks like this on top of my hands but then [turns to their palms] look!”

The children were commenting on their skin tone during lunch one day early in the year. We seized the opportunity to talk about skin tones more through our read aloud books.

The children worked with our atelierista, Anna, to mix a paint color that matched their own skin.  They used their personal paint color to make a self-portrait.

“Mine is cool! It’s black.”

“Mine was white, yellow and pink.”

“Mine actually matches my skin!”

“This is as close as I could get to my skin color. I wouldn’t say it is perfect, but this is how close I could get.”

“Does mine look beautiful? Does it match me? There’s pink, brown, white and some orange.”

“I used brown and white and then made my skin into light brown.”

“I made a big mess. Then I made a picture.”

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