Drawing on Mirrors with Markers
Week of September 30, 2013
After our exploration of sand on the mirrors
last week, I wanted to introduce a different material which would still alter
the way the children saw their reflections, but in a different way.
This
week, we used dry erase markers on small, square mirrors on stands. The mirrors
were placed so the children could see their own reflections in them. I provided
them with dry erase markers and asked them what we could do with them on the
mirrors. The children immediately started drawing on the mirrors, describing what
they were creating. Some children said they were drawing themselves and seemed
to focus on a small part of the mirror and others were focused on covering the
entire surface of the mirror with marker.
After
this exploration and the discussions I have had with some of the children, I
have seen a shift in the way they think about mirrors. After a few weeks of
exploration, the children were able to tell me the marker wasn’t on them, but
only on the mirror. This is quite a change from thinking there was multiples of
themselves and sand on their faces. Now that we have spent time focusing on our
own reflections, I would like to begin exploring reflections of other things in
our environment.
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