Zachary was one of the Levana friends who approached the clay table with caution. He spent time looking at it and watching kids play with it then he would leave and play with animals. He did this two or three times but he wouldn't actually touch the clay. After awhile he was on the other side of the room playing with a plastic puppy and then ran over to the clay table, took a ball of clay and and then put the puppy into the clay and made paw prints!
At that point in the morning we had only been using our hands to explore clay. However, we know that Zach loves animals and found creating foot prints a way to engage with the animals while participating with many on his peers.
Zach then preceded to go back and forth across the room and grab one of each animal to compare their prints. After I awhile he had the idea to get a car. He then zoomed the car back and forth across the clay and exclaimed, "I made tracks!" he had created a neat road. After the car he then got out the bucket of playdough tools and then he chose to hammer the clay with a wooden hammer. After that he shoved his hands into the clay and started to mold it. It was so neat how many different manipulative Zachary used before he felt comfortable enough to dive in and touch the clay. Yet, once he was comfortable he was so exited he didn't want to stop. He made me a beautiful ice cream sundae with a cherry on top and worked hard to learn how to use his hands to roll a ball.
I was also impressed that Zachary had such a strong vision for how he wanted to interact with the clay and he seemed to know exactly what he wanted to do step-by-step. It was so fun to watch each of them engaging with clay and I hope we get to explore with it again soon!
At that point in the morning we had only been using our hands to explore clay. However, we know that Zach loves animals and found creating foot prints a way to engage with the animals while participating with many on his peers.
Zach then preceded to go back and forth across the room and grab one of each animal to compare their prints. After I awhile he had the idea to get a car. He then zoomed the car back and forth across the clay and exclaimed, "I made tracks!" he had created a neat road. After the car he then got out the bucket of playdough tools and then he chose to hammer the clay with a wooden hammer. After that he shoved his hands into the clay and started to mold it. It was so neat how many different manipulative Zachary used before he felt comfortable enough to dive in and touch the clay. Yet, once he was comfortable he was so exited he didn't want to stop. He made me a beautiful ice cream sundae with a cherry on top and worked hard to learn how to use his hands to roll a ball.
I was also impressed that Zachary had such a strong vision for how he wanted to interact with the clay and he seemed to know exactly what he wanted to do step-by-step. It was so fun to watch each of them engaging with clay and I hope we get to explore with it again soon!
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