Some examples that I have thought of so far is water play and a painting station that includes natural materials to paint with instead of brushes (we did this at placement in week 8). Leaves, branches, bark and many more natural materials can be used to paint/ stamp with. Next week (week 10) another educator and I will be creating a sand experience that the children will help us to set up
What are some natural open-ended materials you think you could use or have used in your placement so far that relate to the 3 lenses?
References:
MacNaughton, G & Williams, G 2009, Techniques for teaching young children; choices for theory and practice, 3rd edn, Pearson Education Australia, NSW.
I truly believe it's essential to utilise natural materials in order to implement experiences as it allows for children to explore, discover and use imagination. At the placement were i am located we have also used leaves and branches in order to paint with. I like the idea of using recycled materials, for example our mentor made a stove out of a cardboard box and painted it. I believe this is a great activity because children love playing in the kitchen, and the activity is simply made using natural materials, however, the experience can help to engage children.
ReplyDeleteThe use of natural materials are a great way to facilitate creavity for children. At my placement although we are not surrounded by nature for children to go collect things, we decided to collect leaves, sticks, branches and rocks for the children to paint with. We also had clay instead of playdough and the children were able to make sculptures using the leaves and sticks with the clay to engage them in the use of natural materials.
ReplyDeleteIt is essential to use as may natural materials as you are able to. The benefits of this are extensive, it allows for exploration and discovery of the world around them and the one in their minds. At my placement I have been attempting to use whatever I can find just laying around, and see what activity I can plan that would utilise what I had observed. This took the shape of a collage, as the week before the children had tried to use the paint to stick on leaves that were being blown onto their work. The collage activity was great as it involved using natural materials such as leaves, twigs, petals and flowers collected from the area around us and from my home in order to make a collage. This activity could also be connected to Place thought, as we explored the different materials we could use, the colour of the different leaves, the feel of the petals compared to the leaves, the difference in smell (I brought eucalyptus, lemon mertal and lavender leaves that they could smell) between the leaves, and the different sounds they made when we stepped on them or crushed them in our hands. Learning that the older, drier leaves made sound and the fresher leaves made little noise and we had to listen very carefully.
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