Perspective...or Point of View

Last week, we experimented with perspective when we played a game with our trucks and post it notes; we held them close to the camera and far away.  Today, we were experimenting with moving our bodies around to find different ways to view our room, chairs, and even how we can see each other on the screen (are you bigger or smaller now?).  

What does perspective mean [to you]?  Do you have any ideas about that word? - Elyse

“That is something that is little and when we move it closer to our face it gets bigger.” - Saul, 3.6 years

Does it look bigger when you move it away? Or smaller? 
“Bigger when you move it away [from face and closer to camera].” - Saul

“If you move anything. If you can move anything in the world, like a tree, if you are that strong to a camera, like on my camera. You can see it get bigger. [begins to move tissue box closer to the camera].  So you see it’s getting bigger and bigger and bigger because it also happens when it’s coming straight at you.” - Giacomo, 4.2 years

What does the room look like from your back?

Does your room look different? - Elyse
“Yeah!” - Saul 

And tell me, does it look the same or does it look different if you’re in this kind of position instead of sitting up? - Elyse
“Yes.” - Giacomo
What’s different about the room? - Elyse
“Well basically when you stand up and put your head up it gets bigger.  But when you lay down like I am, it gets smaller.” - Giacomo, 4.2 years

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Saul, what if you put your balloon on the ground, like I’m putting my ball on the ground.  Then, I’m going to stand really tall over it. Does it look smaller when you stand up? 
“No!” - Saul
What if I move closer like this [squatting]?
“It gets bigger!” - Saul

What if we hold it above our face and our eyes are like the camera? Does it look different?
“It looks different when I try to touch it. When I stand up I can get it.” - Saul, 3.6 years

“You see it way up high?” - Saul [holding truck up]

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Using the chair

I was wondering if we could use something that we all have and look at it from all different perspectives. Maybe another word is we can look at it from different points of view. - Elyse
Saul, I notice you're behind your chair.  What do you notice about your chair when you’re behind it? - Elyse
“When you’re behind it you see from behind and you don’t see yourself.  You want me to show you something cool?” - Saul  [climbs into chair]

I can’t see very much of the chair if I’m sitting in it. What do you think? Can you see a lot of your chair? - Elyse
“No.” - Saul

“If you get off of your chair you can see the whole thing with your two eyes.” - Giacomo, 4.2 years 
“If I sit in my chair, I don’t see a lot of my chair too.” - Saul, 3.6 years

From behind:

I can’t see the back of my chair.  Where do I have to move to see it? - Elyse
“You have to go behind it.” - Giacomo, 4.2 years
“It’s difficult when we move away.  When we don’t move away, it’s not difficult.” - Saul, 3.6 years
Is there somewhere that I can stand to see the front and the back of the chair at the same time? - Elyse
[Saul runs to the back of his chair. Then he runs to the front and back and front then back again]
If you’re behind it can you see the front too? - Elyse
“Yeah! Front and back!” - Saul 
[Giacomo gets up to look through the back of his chair]

From above:

Saul, what does your chair look like from up there because for me you look really far away. 
[comes to his knees]
“If I go like this I get taller and taller in the world.” - Saul, 3.6 years

What if I do the same thing? If I leave my camera down there, but I get up in the chair? Do I look close to you or really far away? 
“Really far away! Your camera is really far away.” - Saul

From underneath:

“When you go under the chair, you can’t see me.” - Saul, 3.6 years

A whole new perspective

“Watch this.  When I spin, the world moves.” - Giacomo, 4.2 years
Let’s all try it.  That’s one way to see everything. 
“You need a lot of space to spin.” - Giacomo