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PL.A.i group June Meeting.mp4Our last meeting (for now)!
Our last meeting (for now)!
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Play: Silly Symphony Flowers and Trees
Play: Silly Symphony Flowers and Trees
We watched a clip (3:30-6:45) from this Silly Symphony (from 1932!) and discussed some big ideas that came up:
anthropomorphism
fire vs. water, good vs. evil
systems thinking - natural world working together to stay safe/healthy
animation and storytelling
Anthropomorphizing: should we or shouldn't we?
A Playful Look at Documentation
A Playful Look at Documentation
How do children conceptualize nature?
What experiences influence children’s conceptualization of nature?
Some thoughts emerged from our protocol:
Recap video: What have we explored together?
PL.A.i group recap video.mp4This video is a short summary of the many hours spent together and the brilliant questions, curiosities, and ideas that emerged through documentation, discussion, and play. It captures just some of our participants' words, with the hopes of re-inspiring ourselves through highlighting some particularly compelling moments together.
This concludes the documentation of the PL.A.i group that met during the 2023-2024 school year.
Thank you to all of the teachers, admin, and researchers who chose to spend their Tuesday nights monthly engaging in hard questions and playing around with ideas about children, nature, climate crisis, and our role in all of it.
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