Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Why not 30 identical daffodils?

Identical daffodils for spring, rabbits for Easter, hearts or flowers for Mother’s day and Christmas trees in December. All identical, planned, prepared and supervised by adults, probably with adults doing much of the work.

Too much of this kind of activity suggests to children that there is only one way to make a daffodil or draw a rabbit and that their own ideas should fit into the narrow
patterns.

We encourage children to express their ideas in many different ways.

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