Before Christmas I created this provocation for my kiddos. Since I added specific polar animals (penguins, polar bears, a walrus, etc) there was a specific direction I was hoping for, but I added enough loose parts that I felt the could expand on their ideas.
It has been forever since I have posted, but I promise I will try to get back at it! The class has been exploring Outer Space recently. I brought in a book I got (on sale!) that has images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope. I think it is this one: The children would regularly browse through it, but I never took it anywhere. However, the images are sooo gorgeous, and I was inspired by a blog post from "Make it ... a Wonderful Life" that used pastels to create different nebulae. My kiddos have not shown much interest in pastels, so I am not so sure they will buy into the provocation in the way I am hoping. However, they have done a lot of loose parts work with my co-teacher, and I think I will see a lot of creative designs from them using the glass dots and the recycled mini dvds. Here are a few more "Before" pics, and I will post some process ones ASAP!
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