CHILD-INITIATED Explore small-world room design.
Resources
Boxes and cartons of varying sizes, fabrics, wallpaper, magazine and catalogue pictures, wide variety of junk materials, glue and masking tape.
Play suggestions
* Let the children create as many room layouts as they wish, using magazine pictures of furniture, fabric for curtains, etc.
* Some children may collaborate.
* Participate in the activity yourself.
* There should be no planned outcome. Let the children revisit and work on their model to a personal conclusion.
* Make available small-world people to populate the room sets.
Possible learning outcomes
* Observes others
* Comments and makes suggestions
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