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| Spooning Work: It takes time- little by little, spoon by spoon- to move all the beans from one saucer to the other. |
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| Caring for baby |
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| Working with Watercolors: Upon first glance, we, the observer, may interpret this work through our own life experiences. "He's painting," we say. But when we really watch what is happening we can witness the child's discovery of so many things! |
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| Painting on water: Mixing color into a glass of water can be way more intriguing than painting on paper. Why don't we just call it painting on water? Water is just another type of canvas to work on. |
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| And then there are the actual paints themselves- dry and in rainbow order. Such a source of wonder and beauty! |
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| Tracing shapes and scribbling: These are both exercises that prime children for writing. |
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| Developing and training fine motor muscles |
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| When a child is engaged in the work, distractions are not quite as distracting. |
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| Scarf dancing: Pure joy! |
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| Beautiful smile |
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| "This is an American bird from Africa." |
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| Child who made the American bird points to the continent where he says his bird is from. He knows that it is a continent and he knows that this continent is Africa. Maybe he won't grow up with the false understanding that so many adults in the U.S. have that Africa is a country. |
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| Pre-literacy work |
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| Outdoor sensory work; water wall (in progress) in the background |
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| Kinetic painting: Painting with marbles |
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| Collaborative adventure: What happens if... |
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| Fascination |
