Friday, 22 November 2013

Different PERSPECTIVES lead to different findings!

From the children's interest in decorating the drama area in order to express their likes and interests, the children showed an interest in sharing pictures of how they decorated their own bedrooms. 

Sofia "My wall is decorated with some sheep. That decorations tells a story and I do like sheep on my wall. It makes me happy. It makes me smile when I look at it"
Alexis "My polka-dotted bed sheets decorate my bed and it makes me like sleeping in my bed"

Parents connected to this inquiry and sent pictures of their child's bedroom. 
We looked at the pictures, listed all the decorations found in their rooms and recorded their observations. The children felt a connection to each other when they found similarities in decorations found in each others' rooms. 

Bela's bunk bed made some children wish for one. This wish opened a new discussion. "What would it be like to re-decorate your bedroom?" Full of excitement, the children started thinking about this provocation and analyzing it from different perspectives

Before we started, Trystan reminded everyone that a decoration tells a story, so they all need to be careful when deciding what to decorate their room with. 

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