1st Grade Shell Creatures
Creative Play
Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn.
~ O. FRED DONALDSON
First graders began their shell creature exploration by shifting their perspective and imagining what it would be like to live in a shell. Some students thought it would be difficult, because you would always have to be looking for a new home, someone might try to take your home, and you wouldn't be able to reach things that humans can. Others thought it might be cool because you have your own hiding space right on your back and it might look rainbow and shiny on the inside!
We then watched Marcel the Shell explain their perspective on life as a shell:
Next, came the creative play!
Creative play is an essential part of learning. "Creative Play begins with inspiration and culminates in the sharing of an original artifact made by the child using whatever tools and materials are available. In this process, kids open up their minds to what’s possible, take chances, solve problems, collaborate and become better creative thinkers and doers. These are the critical “21st century skills” the whole world is talking about."
http://imagination.org/why-creativity/power-of-creative-play/
Students each chose a shell and utilized art materials to create a creature. They created environments for them, played with them, and photographed them in the different scenes. I hope these shell creatures are continuing to inspire imaginative pursuits at home!
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| Shell person! This artist transformed her shell in a very different way than her peers. Thinking flexibly! |
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