Following our leaf hunt, and leaf printing experience, the Brown Room children have continued to make increasingly complex observations about the colors, textures and transformation of the leaves around us. In order to research and foster this interest, we've introduced a number of books that illustrate and present a variety of learning concepts around leaves and the changing season. Leaf Man by Lois Elhert has been a favorite.
With such inspiration being taken from Leaf Man, we introduced a Leaf Man-inspired, natural materials collage provocation. After reflecting on the enthusiasm, creativity and connections evident in the process of our conversations around fall, leaf prints and collage, we thought about further opportunities for the Brown Room children to engage with leaves. We chose to also introduce clay impressions, the process of making a print by pressing a material into a slab of clay. As we have not yet worked with clay slabs in the Brown Room, we provided a wide variety of natural materials alongside the slabs in order to encourage a sensory, tactile experience with the clay.
Descriptive words we heard as the children worked: cold, smooth, squishy, sticky, bumpy. The finished pieces ...
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