How it started! :
for the past week a group of boys have been spending a lot of time working on drawings of ninja turtles. Everyday at some point during free play they have been engaged in this activity. So today we introduced the clay sculpture center! The children were invited to build a sculpture(including but not limited to teenage mutant ninja turtles ), and encouraged to make a drawing of what they wanted to make first.
The idea behind it was to get the children to extend their play and get them involved in a different activity based on what they were interested in. We had children who are not usually drawn to this type of activity participating for an extended period of time.
The outcome blew me away! your children are incredibly creative, and created some amazing sculptures.
Below are some photos of their work!
for the past week a group of boys have been spending a lot of time working on drawings of ninja turtles. Everyday at some point during free play they have been engaged in this activity. So today we introduced the clay sculpture center! The children were invited to build a sculpture(including but not limited to teenage mutant ninja turtles ), and encouraged to make a drawing of what they wanted to make first.
The idea behind it was to get the children to extend their play and get them involved in a different activity based on what they were interested in. We had children who are not usually drawn to this type of activity participating for an extended period of time.
The outcome blew me away! your children are incredibly creative, and created some amazing sculptures.
Below are some photos of their work!