Loose Parts Sculptures!

Cereal boxes, toilet paper tubes, corks, juice concentrate cans, telephone wire... These sorts of "disposable" materials are sculptural treasures in an early childhood art center/studio. Found materials like these offer intriguing provocation. In a child's hands, a cereal box is no longer a container for cereal: it becomes a toy car, with paper towel tubes for seats and water bottle caps for wheels.

Today the Tel Aviv All Stars had the opportunity to construct their very own "Three Dimensional Loose Parts Sculpture". As the children dove onto the construction process, they encountered challenges about how to attach loose parts together. The teachers acted as a mentor to the children, using our experience to teach specific skills, and when needed pointed out technical problems and offered remedies.

Tomorrow as part of Curriculum Night we will reenact this experience for all, to take part in! Now that, is something to look forward to!