With the onset of our wolf study, the children were IMMEDIATELY interested in creating a performance. We set to work, listening, recording, and creating!
Here is our process :
We begin with our knowledge, and research, and conversations. The children have been listening and learning, and once we started "playing" and brainstorming, their knowledge became evident.
The story came together slowly but surely, and when we had the children begin by sitting in their "habitats" together, we knew we had a play!
We won't divulge the plot yet, stay tuned!!!
In the meantime, we made "tails" for the wolves.
The children have been wearing the tails and ears when they are playing in the classroom!
We wrote pages about wolves and shared them with our peers.
Our cardboard wolf creations are very colorful! When a child sat down to "draw" a wolf, we suggested that they "start with a circle" and then each child quickly created a colorful wolf! We have spent some time creating plants and other things that belong in the habitats as well.
The classroom is a lively place in addition to all the wolf projects! We are playing board games together, creating colorful works of art, and our block play has come to a whole new level. The blocks are a group endeavor, and include some "domino" movement and tall stacking up of blocks with dinosaurs for guards.
The outside is drawing us as well! We spend time on the playground when it's very muddy, but we finally did get out to our outdoor classroom!
Until Next Time,
Michele