At Little Elms, we've been exploring clay.
Today we looked at freely manipulating clay without making a finished product.
We started off by giving the children small bits of clay for them to explore freely with a wide variety of resources. This will generate an understanding in the children of ways to make patterns and marks.
The way that this child explored her clay inspired others to explore their clay in a similar way. By using open ended resources, different shape and size marks can be seen here showing the child testing out their own ideas.
The children were proud of their achievements and chose to take their creations home.
'Look I made a face!'
By giving the children freedom to use their own imagination and take ownership of their own creations, we have enabled them to recognise their own ability and confidence in what they can achieve.
As a result of this experience, we have recognised that the children consider each others ideas to develop their own. Next Monday we will provide a large lump of clay for them to explore together.
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