Beginning each school year you will find teachers introducing media and materials all around the school. It doesn't matter if it's a classroom filled with the oldest or the youngest children, teachers know that slowing down and taking time to show a new or reintroduced material is the best way to launch into inquiry. What does this look like? It may be Sixth graders flipping through dictionaries to find the longest words, eight year old children seeing what ink can do, or two year olds poking and prying bits of clay off of a large block.
Over the years the Reggio Emilia concept 'messing about' has become an important part of the way teachers schedule initial encounters with materials. Everyone needs time to check out (or play with) something new before they can use it well. That might mean flipping the switches and looking in all of the nooks and crannies of a new car or taking time to see what watercolors can do.
Below: digital microscope, 2/3 year old children.
Paper tape construction, 3 year old children
Clay introduction 4 and 5 year old children
Ipad and digital otoscope guided discovery, 2nd grade
Over the years the Reggio Emilia concept 'messing about' has become an important part of the way teachers schedule initial encounters with materials. Everyone needs time to check out (or play with) something new before they can use it well. That might mean flipping the switches and looking in all of the nooks and crannies of a new car or taking time to see what watercolors can do.
Below: digital microscope, 2/3 year old children.
Paper tape construction, 3 year old children
Clay introduction 4 and 5 year old children
Ipad and digital otoscope guided discovery, 2nd grade
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