"It's like we're having a beautiful day!" - Lea
This week we began a new unit of inquiry as part of the transdisciplinary theme 'How the World Works'. Children were invited to freely explore, play with and inquire into unit concepts through Dark Days, where our main classroom lights were turned off, the natural light from windows was blocked, and we found other ways to see and move around.
We played with materials like flashlights, prisms, lamps, transparent coloured paper and plastic, gems and jewels. During our play we had some important "Ah-ha! Moments" and "Seeds of Thought":
We played with materials like flashlights, prisms, lamps, transparent coloured paper and plastic, gems and jewels. During our play we had some important "Ah-ha! Moments" and "Seeds of Thought":
We reflected on our experiences by hearing our discoveries repeated to us from Ms. Alison's documentation and looking at the videos and photos that she took. We made an enormous painting the size of our bodies to represent our Dark Day experiences: