In Studio Red, we research materials for a great length of time. Since the beginning of the school year, we have been exploring cardboard and there is no end in sight!
We have invited the children to explore this material through different provocations. We have invited them to explore different ways of attaching, different shapes, and a variety of thicknesses. Through this play they have been learning the affordances and limitations of cardboard. Through experimentation, they deepen their understandings and begin to see potential for a material to express their thinking.
We have also invited the children to explore cardboard in combination with other materials. Paint, tape, wire, string, wood, natural objects and paper have extended their ideas in myriad ways! Along with individual research, these materials have also been used in conjunction with our group thinking around Sheila Pepe, boats and color mixing.
