Friday Group - Reacquainting and Collage

With four toddlers playgroup felt like it was back in full swing. Each child approached and experienced the contact paper and materials that stick on it differently. Four different perspectives experiencing the same materials and yet all getting what each needs to fully understand the materials. I can't wait to see how their experiences evolve as we spend more time with the collage materials. Theo concentrated on the stickiness of the contact paper and although he did briefly explore the other materials he kept coming back to feel the "sticky" paper.

Sebastien continued his exploration of sticking items to the contact paper. He was more purposeful in his placement of the paper cut outs and mylar during this playgroup.

Kaia wasn't too sure of the contact paper so she concentrated on the collage materials. If you watch the very beginning of the above video again, you'll see Kaia collecting the tissue paper pieces and giving them to her mother. When she did touch the contact paper she would make an unsure face and go back to the other materials. In the following video, Kaia returns to the table to discover the cellophane which she again shares with her mother. Kasey names the material for her as she expresses some intrigue with it. Kaia is expressing herself verbally with such astute understanding of the world. This makes her exploration more transparent in it's intention. As she tries to remove another piece of cellophane from the contact paper it rips creating a little piece which she gives to her mother. Again, Kasey observes and states what Kaia has done, "did you get a little piece?". Kaia goes back to get the rest and when she does she states "big piece". Wow! Not only does she understand the concept of opposites but that subtracting a small piece from a whole piece leaves one with a bigger piece.

In true Bryce fashion he came to the contact paper after he had explored the rest of the room and like Kaia, he focused his attention on the collage items. The cellophane and paper cut outs were of particular interest. Bryce took the time to get to know the materials more closely by not only touching but by pulling and dropping them as well.