Conversations with children

Recording the children's predictions about the egg hatching

Hopeful thinking from the children - asking them for their opinions about colour - I am with Olivia Elizabeth - pink for sure.

Gotta love this one below - check out the biggest thing Quynn has ever seen :O)

Environment - University and Community Early Learning Centre

Neutral tones and baskets to present order in the space

Using light 

Funky frames with the child and their family around the classroom

Looking back down the classroom - quite like the green paint on the walls - catches the natural light really well

Of course I am drawn to this...weaving...felting...hmmmm...missing my studio right now

How amazing are these children and their teachers??

The atelier

View of the Atelier at the International Centre - there are so many things to encounter

Here some decaying vegetation is presented in various phases of breaking down. The Atelier sets up the environment for the teachers to explore so they have recent hands on encounters with the materials rather than just presenting them to children

I love the idea here of exploring the repeating pattern of the cabbage - the drawing represents an observation of the pattern - 'the more you look at something in detail the more of the same you see'

Imagine children encountering this and exploring the drying and decaying fruit. The Atelierista is careful to present various stages of decay as well - this is so carefully thought out and presented to the children