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clay

The properties of clay are complex and intriguing which makes this an incredibly rich offering for teaching and learning.  Clay requires effort, strength, muscle and tenacity. It is a medium that invites unexpected discoveries and creative inventions. 

Clay, the book displayed with a seed cone, lump of clay and ceramic pot with tools for manipulating clay
Two children explore the medium of clay. Only their hands and the marks they have made in the clay are visible
The tactile qualities of clay have the capacity to incite playfulness and experimentation.
Cover and an open spread of the Clay book - 'Introducing additional companions can enhance the clay experience'

Take a peek inside

poke

smoothing

gouge

references

  1. Pelo, A. (2017). The language of art; inquiry based studio practices in early childhood settings. Second Edition. Redleaf Press. P. 93
     

  2. Kind, S. cited in Clark, A. (2023). Slow knowledge and the unhurried child. Routledge. P. 39
     

  3. Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., Kind, S., &  Kocher, L. (2017). Encounters with materials in early childhood education. Routledge. P. 61
     

  4.  Pacini-Ketchabaw, V. & Boucher, K. cited in Hodgins, D. C., Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., & Taylor, A. (Eds.). (2020). Feminist research for 21st-century childhoods: Common worlds methods. Bloomsbury Academic. P. 25

A child squishes their elbow into a ball of brown clay
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