Precious, precious are the moments when children become absorbed in the sacred pleasure of playing and creating with interesting three-dimensional materials and then reflect and share their thoughts and feelings as a story of what happened. The doing and making things during self active play!
On Friday July 12, 2019, Bayside Discovery Center 13 summer camp children and teachers came for a discovery workshop at the Reusable Resources Adventure Center. And an adventure it was! For 90 minutes a mixed age group of children engaged in free exploration and self active education. The 7 minute video makes me smile as it reveals the natural positive outcomes of children having opportunity to engage, construct and imagine, invent and discover, create, share and learn together,…using simple, open, ended materials,…precious, precious.
Ms. Aubrey Lembo, the Head Teacher, (in photo recording) observed the children and wrote the following reflection:
“The children are very engaged while playing and building with blocks. You can see the creativity flowing.“
“When you enter, you are surrounded by recycled materials. The possibilities are endless with what you can do or make with all these materials.“
“It think it is beneficial to the children in learning that a single item can have multiple uses.“
“This center is a blessing to children in that they are exposed to the benefits and knowledge of the recycling process.“
“The children love explaining how they built their towers or structures.“
“The children love turning things that they thought were trash into their new treasures.“
“The children get to touch and feel different textures and match different textures to those that will fit.“
“It is beautiful to witness all the smiles on the children’s faces as they create.“
Precious, precious are moments children become absorbed in the sacred pleasure of creating and reflecting on their thoughts and feelings associated with what they do and make during self active play!
Drew Thoughts 