"Every adult needs a child to teach; that's the way adults learn." -Guy Rice Doud

Creating and testing ramps

The children made a wider ramp for the bigger balls. 

Learning from each other

The sharing of a design within classrooms

This children are beginning to work together in creating an obstacle game track. Exploration and initial design begins their research. 

"All this material is indispensable to make possible children's reading and rereading of individual and group exploration as they are discovering various fields of knowledge. This also allows the construction of theory and hypotheses of work that are interesting and that try to take into account the points of view and times of children without distorting them."- Vea Vecchi

Meeting and considering dominoes as part of the obstacle game track.

Exploring  and finding ways to use dominoes in the design. 

Friendship

Two friends enjoying a shadow dancing video. 

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." -Pablo Picasso

Different teacher, different music class

Olivia's music class during frolicking

Riding in the car

Helicopter changed into car

A design drawn by a small group. A car with power all around. The x's are where the treasures are. Then the car changes into an excavator to dig up the treasure. 

The chips give the car power.

Marbles and water

Ryker's work with light and materials

The children construct a racetrack based off James's design

The children decided to use beads as cars because they roll and fit on the track. Each area is either closed off or creates a trap for the beads, so they do not roll off the track or scatter around the room. 

"The presence of the atelier is seen as a means to safeguard the complexity of the knowledge-building processes with the aim of using the imagination as a unifying element for the different activities and of viewing the "aesthetic knowledge" as a drive that is rooted within us and leads us to choose among patterns of thinking and among visual images." -Lella Gandini 

A design brought to life

The children created a helicopter. They made a design and then found materials to build a model. 

"We're playing Rolling Stones." -Miles

Happy Birthday, Taylor!

Taylor asked if her friends could make her a Barbie. So they did!