Monday 14 November 2011

Group Time November 14

Line of Inquiry: Exploring a variety of decorations from various cultures

What a wonderful resource families are for the children's exploration! This weekend Rocco's Granddad emailed me a plethora of information on decorations and food that are from Rocco's Trinidadian culture! His email included stories of Rocco playing the steel drum back home and his mom told of the beautiful feathered head dress she wore at festivals and is now used as a decoration along with the steel drum.

Included in the email was a link to an amazing boy who plays the steel drum. The children were captivated! I've included the link, this little guy is definitely worth checking out! How fortunate are we that the daycare has a small steel drum, the children were keen to try. Soon with chac chac's in hand and taking turn on the drum music filled the room!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=cncVDvWLPus

We researched some picture of head dresses worn at festivals and the children made their own feathered rendition. The children watched the dancers with magnificent costumes and got up to dance with them! What a great family-home connection and how special for Rocco to have his Den Den's stories shared with the children!
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  1. Kate14 November 2011 at 15:56

    Hi Wendy,
    We ARE truly blessed with the families at Creative Minds. I love that this part of the inquiry came from home. I can see how this gives the children opportunity to celebrate traditions and one another by connection. They can also get a feel for the amount of focus that this little boy demonstrates in the youtube video. He looks wholly at peace in his play. I also loved seeing the woman in the background (mother?) just going about her day. Thanks Wendy for following up with this family and with Rocco in particular.

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