Clay comes from the earth: ancient, organic, substantial. It smells cool and dark. It is grainy inside its smooth moistness.Clay requires muscle. We engage clay with our own hands and feel it on our skin.There is an intuitive aspect to working with clay; through many encounters, we develop a sense of it's fluidity and substance.These encounters take place over a stretch of time, not in a day or a week.
Today the All Star Lunch Bunch children seemed to enjoy their first encounter with clay! The children had the opportunity to manipulate clay by rolling it into flat sheets and used their fingers to pinch and poke a single lump of clay into a variety of shapes.
Stay tuned for more updates from the Lunch Bunch crew, regarding theirexplorations with clay!
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