Uxbridge has adopted a box to care for in the community garden next door.
After a few tamariki went on a trip to Kings Plant Barn, the plants were placed inside at the art table. It sparked creativity, discussion and discovery of others ideas. Using paint and cotton buds ( and some hand painting) the children expressed their ideas with paint using all the beautiful putiputi ( flowers) as inspiration. It was fantastic to see purposeful strokes and reflection as they studied the plants as they painted, looked for specific paint colours and spoke about their drawings as they sat in the company of friends.
Having a plan is a life skill for many projects you undertake and it’s purposeful learning where the children can see a project is completed in steps and it does not always provide instant gratification. Children learn that we have to work at longer term projects and revisit them.
If you have time, take a sneaky park at how it’s coming along, it’s located behind the mud kitchen fence in the community garden next door.
Lily's garden ideas.
Blake's garden ideas.
Chloe P has tall flowers in her garden.
Isla did two, one for our garden and she drew another for home.
Samantha's plants connected with each other!
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