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Play and Learning

5/7/2016

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Play is important work. It's how ideas are processed and connections made, yet by high school play is replaced by work, assignments, deadlines and pressure. 

Play is still important - exploration is a very "sticky" way to process and store new information - but you have to show them how, because they've forgotten. I call it "experimenting" in my classroom and teach it as part of the Design Thinking Process we use in every lesson. 

Here's how we played with chalk!
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Messy hands, busy minds.
A lesson:

This is chalk.
You can blend it with your fingers. You can layer it. It's messy and quick and fun. 
Here is a chalk artists that inspires me. Why do you think chalk is the media she chooses? 
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Artist Zaria Forman at work in her studio.
Now, it's your turn. What do you want to make with chalk? 
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Exploring ideas is easy and fun, plus focused and meaningful, when you've spent all semester learning how to find inspiration and experiment to see how things work.
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Me, to student who's mesmerized with how the chalk blends and moves: Oh - you love this?! Here is a giant paper!
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When a table looks like this you can tell students invested in the process of exploring the potential of materials!
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    Mrs. Purtee

    I'm interested in creating a student student centered space  for my high school students through choice and abundant opportunity for self expression. I'm also a writer for SchoolArts co-author of  The Open Art Room.

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