Amy has been in the studio with me all week long, introducing mark-making on clay slabs while exploring clay as a medium of expression.
The children eagerly engaged in the process, expressing themselves and their ideas with tools and sculpture.
At the same time I had a table set up to explore observational drawing (an idea brought to me Monday morning by several children on the playground).
The children moved back and forth between two dimensional and three dimensional expression. Vygotsky put forth the widely accepted learning theory that our understanding solidifies as it is expressed. In most academic settings, expression gets funneled into verbal or written contexts. In our program we know how important expression is for a variety of reasons and we strive to support the many languages of childhood (and humanhood) and thus deepen learning.
We will welcome Amy back in the studio during the second week of October.
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