Yesterday, Sasha and I attended a workshop at the Eric Carle Museum. This workshop was developed to support learning for Pre-K through early elementary classroom and at home. In this workshop we collected and explored materials. These type of 'found~recycled~ materials support critical thinking skills when we offer children the opportunity to observe, interpret, evaluate, make associations, compare. In working in groups, as we often do, skills such as problem solving, cooperation are also learned.
Last week the Kohavim children created some beautiful works of art with 'recycled' materials and thought of some great 'stories' or narratives about are creations. Each came 'alive' in story form. We would like to continue this creative journey by requesting your help. If you could look in your drawers and around the house find some 'treasures' of recycled stuff. We would encourage you to think of color, texture, length, shape. Let your imagine run wild.
Some suggested materials to collect from the book I perused through are as follows:
Wire, feathers, beads and buttons, broken jewelry, tape, string, old keys, small machines that don't work, plastic socks, leather remnants, sponges, small seed pods, wood scraps, containers preferably white or transparent, baskets, cardboard pieces: all kinds of shapes and if possible with no writing or print, paper of different weights, textures and colors, screws and bolts, and small mirrors.
We would encourage you to involve the children in the selection process as well. When we put all the 'found' materials in a group pile, in the block room, we will create a storage space together, and begin our exploration journey and develop those critical thinking skills and expressive skills. Thank you for any help you could provide.
What you see in this picture is the city we created in small individual groups then developed a story line around our creations, similar to what your children did naturally last week. It was a wonderful workshop which was inspiring.
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