Ahhhh.....The Wonder Of Tape!

The most fun with our inspired philosophy is the opportunity to develop projects along side the children based on their interests.  Below is a picture of what the children made last week, which inspired us to develop a project around their interest in tape!  We consulted with our studio teacher, Marjon Aucoin, and we worked together to develop three structures for the children to explore tape!  The parents were wonderfully involved in this project and brought so many different types of tape.  We had tape of all colors, sizes and textures!

The thought behind these structures was to give the children the opportunity to put the tape inside, under, over, through, on top, to identify colors, who has a longer or shorter piece, etc.........  There are endless possibilities for learning in this project!

we are really excited to see what comes out of this one!

they started right away!  No time was wasted!  As soon as they saw the structures, they went at it, the children didn't even want breakfast ;0)

Look how perfect Ereeni placed her pieces of tape!  It was interesting to see how she always put them on the board and not on any of the other objects!

Ryan and Jack started making the "ladder" right away!

But it kept getting "Skuk!"  (stuck) ;0)

Aidan and Dylan came along to offer their expertise!  They wrapped the tape around, and made our ladder so sturdy!

"look how long!"  We pulled hard, stretched the tape out, and worked together to cut the pieces.  We did so well communicating and asking for help from our friends............

Raina got to work making her house ;0)

Natalia was right by her side helping her make her house look pretty with pink and purple tape.........

Devyn's favorite was the electrical tape........

Jack never stopped at the ladder!  He was determined all day to get it exactly how he wanted and he told the teachers what colors he needed at each step of his construction.........

Look how well this project is building our team work!

We have never seen Jonathan so serious, he put tape on everything all day, and also painted the pieces to add his signature touch!

Ella mostly stood back and directed everyone, but would jump in if they didn't do it to her standards! ;0)

Ereeni was so proud of all of the colors of tape she brought that she made sure to put each color on every part of the class project!  Of course, Ryan was her number one man helping her do everything she wanted! (so cute!)

Last touches for the first day......

whew, and to end it, Ryan and Amanda spent such a long time under the "ladder" hiding from "monsters!"

We will continue to explore the children's interest and see where it leads us!  Maybe we will build a ladder soon, or a castle or house!  Who knows??????
It is great to see the children have the opportunity to explore this media, when it is assumed that children can learn how to use tape at the age of four!  (what do they know?)  The conversations, and the concentration is amazing for their age.  Who says children at this age cannot focus for long periods of time?  When the children are engaged and interested, the concentration can last all day, as it has with this project!

Crazy For Tape

Parents!


Things are going really well in our new room, we are using new art materials, and right now our favorite one is TAPE! This is keeping our attention for long periods of time as we are learning to cut it and get the sticky part to stay where we want it.

This is a great opportunity for us to work on our fine motor skills and create a one of a kind art piece! Beginning on Monday, our studio art teacher will have a free standing sculpture ready for us to begin taping! Each child in our room can bring in any kind of tape to help make our sculpture! Duct tape, scotch tape, electrical tape, etc is all welcome! The more colors and textures the better! We are so excited and cannot wait to see how it turns out!

All together now!

What a group we are!  We love to work with each other, and our group has really created some strong friendships!  We love to paint together, and we are learning to communicate with each other more and more each day!  Our teachers are putting paper on every surface and every part of the room, because we want to leave our mark everywhere! ;0)

Yes, you will be amazed that we are not even three and we are starting to write our names!  We have developed a LOVE for letters and writing, and we love to practice everyday!

We always help each other out!  We let our friends know which pieces go where!

We are even using the names of the shapes to help our friends out!  Natalia is always in charge of all of the circles! ;0)