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! 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? Now, it's your turn. What do you want to make with chalk? 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. PurteeI'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. Archives
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