I spend time with with each group. Chatting and listening, observing and questioning, sharing and encouraging. Here are my notes to each group –      

We are all in the hall today. Leanne is working with the children creating tie dyes designs on pieces of materials with the children. She and the children are using natural materials to create dyes. She is using turmeric, beetroot … Continue reading →

This session proved to be a very frustrating lesson for us all. Technology really impended our ability to connect. We’d actually had a really smooth run up until now. I could see and hear Ms. Kyle and the children but … Continue reading →

After the last session, Ms Kyle brought my attention to ‘trying to tie everything together’. I was really grateful to her for reminding me to consider the intentions, choices and actions of this project and ‘how’ we speak about what … Continue reading →

With the fruits of our gathering, we are feeling the connections of the experiences that we have invested in. We continue to investigate – identifying and acknowledging the season that we are in now. We ask each other – How … Continue reading →

We have developed a new warm up. This is a voice recording. Miss Kyle plays the recording in the classroom. I can hear it also. So we all warm up together. That is to say, we lie down and relax … Continue reading →

Taking time in January together, Miss Kyle and I reclaim the shared intentions for our collaboration.  Continue to ‘go outside’ and engage the senses. Miss Kyle tells me that this term the children will develop their skills and creativity in … Continue reading →

We have gathered and collected during this Autumn/ Winter period. We have listened and created sound out in our own environments. We have moved and touched. In my own practice, I am looking at how I can engage the senses … Continue reading →

Last week we collected sounds from the environment around us. Here is the exercise that we set for each other. Find a place begin. Gather and pause.  Listen for 3 minutes, listen and hear sounds that are loud and quiet, … Continue reading →

We begin with the children sharing what they enjoyed about our last session together. Many speak about having enjoyed talking to me and making the leaf tattoos. I am very curious about how many children speak about ‘going outside’. They … Continue reading →