By Darryl Redick When working with young children, I wanted to help them appreciate and use their resources to communicate with the world. Their resources are their hands, feet, eyes, and voice. I wanted them to be able to use materials to express what is inside their hearts and minds; I wanted them to strive [...]
Tag: clay
Clay’s Dynamic Qualities
By Amber Norman I would like to share a short story about a day in the Oak Room when clay was open for exploration. Now that it has been introduced to Oak Room children, this exceptional medium will be available most days. On this day, I noticed a group of children come to the clay [...]
Slabs and Structures
By Rebecca Sadler
"Using clay gives children another language for expressing thoughts, ideas, and emerging working theories about their world...helping them to make their thinking and learning visible." ~Lisa Terreni
Come Collecting!
By Rebecca Sadler
“With children, it is the joint moments of delight that build the social brain."
~Mariah Moser
Creating is a Need
Observation by
Jasmine Canales May 2016