During the cold, rainy, and windy day of February 28th, we opened the door for the children. It was such a great sensory experience for them as they heard the wind blowing, saw the leaves moving on the trees, and felt tiny raindrops splash in through the open door.
A child commented that the trees were “dancing” in the wind. Another child noticed the puddles on the ground and the teacher pointed out that the raindrops were making ripples in the water. The children were offered clipboards and paper so that they could draw what they saw.
They chose pencil and blue colored pencil to represent their puddles and made various shapes across their paper. This helps them to develop their symbolic thinking: the concept that a drawing, for example, can represent something else and that they can express their ideas through art.
