New Unit! Express Yourself

 Central Idea:

We express ourselves in many ways and this helps us connect with one another

Lines of Inquiry:

How language, music, and visual arts help us express ourselves and build connections with others
Sharing ideas and being good listeners helps build understanding
Taking time to reflect helps us practice slowing downs that we can make 

connections with what we hear and see

The children are full of ideas and they're all to happy to tell us about them, but is talking the only way to share an idea? The children identified some other ways ideas can be expressed . . . 

paint it

draw it in the sand

do a performance

build it

Today we practiced this by choosing an idea and using building materials to express it. Michael and Tyreese chose railroad tracks "because you build them" but in the end didn't have an idea in mind, they just enjoyed building. Chloe chose Lego but couldn't decide on an idea she wanted to work on. 

Here are pictures of the other children's ideas . . . 

I went on a ferry to the Sunshine Coast and saw many animals

I made a beaver house

I'm building an animal castle

A house for all the people and dinosaur