During the past summer season, educators and children engaged in process-based play as co-learners and co-investigators. Our mighty learners have transformed their creative intuition into beautiful masterpieces to walk through and see through each day as a community of learners, each week a new art to be created and to look forward to.
Holistic Goals & Curriculum Connections
Throughout the summer all classrooms were allotted time to investigate and invited children to explore textures, color mixing, and physical transformations across interconnected dimensions of learning. Children were able to explore different mediums and textures through various materials. Sense of vitality , tactile exploration and emotional regulation through sensory engagement. Playful and playfulness through symbolic thought create expression and creative output.Images of the Child as a Mighty Learner as the Children are recognized as capable, curious, and agentic co-constructors of their own knowledge.
Responsive Environments to create spaces and open-ended materials act as a third teacher, inviting risk-taking, inquiry, and continuous adaptation.Co-creation and Co-inquire to learn alongside children, documenting learning stories and co-reflecting to deepen ongoing investigations. After all the art was complete, group learning stories were created to describe the art.
Reflection
Children have become fond of creating new pieces of art each week. Families feel proud to see how capable their children are as they admire their art in the center. Moving forward, continue art as a highlight to update the frames as we go. Making art an essential piece in our programming each week.
