We made magnetic sticks by adding self-adhesive magnets to colored craft sticks. As I set up this week, I was thinking about Deborah's recent post about invitations on her Teach Preschool blog. So I set up the materials like this:
The first kids came in and this is what happened. (I didn't suggest he do this.)
Then the kids began to experiment.
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| Note someone changed my H to "a tic-tac-toe shape." |
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| An alien |
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| How many? "...10, 11,12..." |
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| A sun and stars |
An invitation of what to do...and letting the kids use their own ideas. Our magnetic sticks were a success!