Some of the children put blue tape over their mouth. Usually I would have said something like, "Take the tape off your mouth. It's not for putting on your mouth." Instead I thought of Tape Man (with some pride, being from New Zealand). I thought of creativity. I thought of art. So we sat together for whole group time, some with tape on their mouth. I said, "I've got something to show you." When they first say him one of them said, "It's scary." I reassured them that it's not too scary and that he's being funny. So they started to laugh. Pretty soon there was no more tape on mouths (not that I minded if there was, it's just hard to laugh). Thank you Tape Man for reminding us that creativity begins with exploration in play.
Towards the end of the school year I took an easel and chart paper into the classroom. It wasn't for me to use. The classroom belongs to the children and (almost) everything that can be seen is for the children to use. That includes the easel and chart paper. The artist in the room spent hours at the easel drawing her creations.
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