February 25th, 2020

Headband Prep

This week we are getting started with headband work.  Today some children started by choosing the materials that they will work with to bring their ideas to life.   The translation from a two dimensional design to a three dimensional item is challenging.   As children select materials for their work, they carefully consider the properties and potentialities of those materials.  Children's knowledge of materials was evident as they made their choices today.

Grace M. - We could put glitter on the wings (made out of) some shiny stuff on the bottom (half) and some glittery stuff on the top  (half).

Grace D. - "I want that ... the blue (cellophane)."
Grace D.  plans to work with a wire frame for her heart, with the cellophane and other stuff attached to it.  She also chose tapes and shells for design elements.

Joslin chose orange fabric for the sauce and sequins will be glued on a cardboard taco shell to represent the spice!

Louise chose small items to represent petals.  Lou Lou excitedly helped her select materials,  leading Louise to caution, "Not too much stuff."  This is a practical suggestion:  we want the headband structure to be able to support the materials.

Louise - "There's a wire that goes above and around the neck."
She plans to attach materials coming down from the wire.

Children also worked on headwear designs at the light table today.

"I love sewing!"            Evelyn

With all the sewing that we've been doing, it's great to us that children are still enjoyed in the process of sewing with a variety of materials.   Evelyn went on to tell us that she had sewn a bean bag earlier in the day for the Rainey Room's hopscotch work.   Sewing is another experience where children are making careful choices.   Evelyn lined up stitches methodically at the edge of her clay sewing.   Grace D.  continued a pattern of adding materials that she had started last week, saying, "There's two of everything, two black, two oval, two golden."   Other children selected color palettes that were pleasing to them.  Please check out our growing collection along the top of the Tucker Room cubbies.