Swirls

We have found that our earliest inquiries in the year keep poping up in the language that the children use. One such example is how they use what they learn to express their thinking with new experiences. During our snail inquiry we had also been exploring patterns and sorting. When we read a non-fiction book on snails, one child noticed that the snails had designs on their shells. She called it a swirl. Another child questioned what she meant by swirl and she came up to the board and drew what she meant.

Other children came up and drew their own swirls on the whiteboard. We asked the children if they would like to create their own swirls at the Art Studio. They said yes!

Together we looked through our Art Studio materials and decided on what we could use.
1. Paint
2. Feathers
3. String..."because string is curly like."

The children were engrossed in their experimentation and dialogue as they encouraged others and explained what they were seeing.

Using String

Using Feathers

Experimenting with pressing papers together!

Wow! And the best part was that it was completely unplanned!! (Or as one student said, "Best art ever!")