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Investigating Open Ended materials can arouse a whole new perspective about the world.
The students must have the opportunity to explore lights and shadows, because is an amazing way for them to explore everything around them and it can easily be accomplishid in the classroom.
By exploring Fabrics and textures, provides children opportunities to actively use their senses.
When we provide objects, like this cube, students can explore different noises and assimilate with other known sounds. They can shake the bottles and guess what it sounds like.
Open-ended play allows children to express their creativity freely. This kind of play allows your child endless possibilities during playtime. There are no instructions, rules, or preset sequential guides for children to follow.
A well-thought-out classroom can help spark children's imagination and creativity. It is very important to create a room that focuses on every child's interest, so they can feel embraced and safe inside this environment.
When we think about creating a new environment in Early Childhood, we have to be mindful and consider that a child has more than a hundred languages to explore and it is the educator's responsibility to provide an environment for them to be spontaneous and have a significant experience.
Our main ideia was to create spaces in which students could truly place themselves, explain their contradictions, reflect on the search for new models and interact with the environment and colleagues. We understand the spaces built at our school as our partners in building human relationships and in mediating between children and knowledge.
The proposals that were offered to students, like drawings and productions displayed on the walls of our classroom tell us about the evolution of their work and show their individual journey and the students' involvement with the project in progress. Each scribble, each modeling, each brand represents our journey and brings a story to tell.
Besides, we know how autonomy is an essential condition for everyone's development. This autonomy is built, when the child moves from a position of dependence on the adult to a situation of increasing autonomy, insofar as he is able to act responsibly. With this growing autonomy, the space must also change, providing security, curiosity, possible challenges and comfort.
How do we choose the materials?
How do we choose the materials?
The first step is to have in mind what are the competences and skills that we intend to be focusing on with the students.
We also have to consider the age and stage of development of the child.
Items should be attractive to children and pleasing to their eyes and touch.
Once items capture children's attention, it's also important that they are able to retain children's interest over time.
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