Think about what all facial expressions tell us. There’s a lot of communicating goes on by using our faces. Today’s focus is not intended to address emotional development we do […]
Identity Through Invisibility
In today’s exploration we took a picture – and talked. The picture was an invitation to promote children to think about the possibilities. I simply said “What is going on?” […]
Identity Through Blindfold
Children know they use their eyes to see things. But are there other ways that we can see things in our environment ? How do people know what is in […]
What if I had an elephant nose ?
Today we read a book called “what if I had an elephant nose?” It showed pictures of children with many different noses of animals. Would you like to have a […]
What’s That Smell
Today we found in on our nose. We use our nose all day long sometimes without even thinking. I asked all of the children “what is your favorite smell? What […]
Which part do you like the best ?
Last week with been a lot of time talking about our faces. We drew them, we looked at them in mirrors , we constructed them from loose parts and we […]
My Face in 3D
Now that the children have studied their faces in a mirror and put them on paper we are going to take it a step further. Children were offered Playdoh and […]
Loose parts and Identity
Children took loose parts and used them to represent their faces. This is an excellent activity that not only uses the imagination but cognitive skill as we recall on the […]