Bream Bay Kindergarten Video
Clay is a fantastic medium for children to explore!
It invites children to physically manipulate by squeezing, pinching, patting, poking holes, breaking pieces off, rubbing, as well as stacking up on top of each other.
Clay is another medium for children to creatively express themselves and communicate their ideas with others.
Most children approach the clay tentatively at first before becoming engrossed in the sensory experience. Often the clay is a little dry at first and then the children begin to bring a little water to the clay.
The children begin to notice changes in the clay, in both the way it feels and the way it looks. As they work with the clay children communicate with each other, collaborate together, sharing ideas, skills and knowledge with one another.
This week at Kindergarten we have been learning to use the hot glue gun for creating box robots and many other different creations that the children have wanted to make.
Box construction provides opportunities for children to explore scientific and mathematical concepts as they combine boxes and other materials together into three dimensional structures. As children construct they develop skills for problem solving, investigating, applying and reflecting on learning. What could I do differently next time? What worked and what didn't?
Look what we did at Kindergarten today.
Children were given a provocation where paint was set up in trailers. Two pictures were provided one of a truck and the other of a tractor. This was to encourage different types of children to interact with this type of medium - painting. Lots of children interacted and lots of children noticed the details and the colours of the pictures provided.
Well done tamariki on your mahi.
