Every day of the school week, the children in Mr. Ziff's kindergarten take on a new, child generated topic. Each student in turn chooses a topic for the whole class to explore. The class uses tools like brainstorming, bubble mapping and lots and lots of writing to delve into their topics. On studio days they use other tools ranging from clay to paint to wire, depending on the kind of topic that the children have chosen that day.
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| In one area the students used rubber bands as tools to attach pieces of wood together. This was a way to explore the elastic quality of "silly bands" |
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| Some of the creations were quite simple and others very elaborate. |
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In another area, children used lengths of very flexible wire to make shapes that were reminiscent of silly band shapes. The students learned how to attach the two ends of the wire together to make a circle and then they talked about their shapes being "balloons, bananas, hearts and moons." Many of the children were very excited to be able to take their creations home with them that day. One child said: "It's my very own invention of a silly band!"
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