Every teacher has many ideas about what materials are best for children. Sometimes the desired materials are too expensive or difficult to find. Schools have limited budgets, and even ordinary items may be impossible to obtain. Teachers should encourage children to access the materials from their environment.
Resources for accessing creative and aesthetic materials
Scrap material, commonly known as “junk”:
The hardware store and
Things that children bring from surrounding world.
Usually, the finding of materials involves more than looking. Children need to play with the available materials, to try them out for weight, texture, structure and so on. After the materials have been tested and shared, they may go into the beauty corner or a classroom collection. The experience of selecting, collecting and using materials can be aided by classifying the materials according to their design possibilities. The number and names of class should be developed slowly with their children, as they bring in their findings. The creative materials collected can be classified and stored as-
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