Some of them rolled the paper and said, “Look, a telescope "and then some made plane by folding the paper and once it was ready, they breathe in the flaps of plane and then throw steadily in the sky. They were running along it, again picking from the ground and throwing again. 

 Looking at them I was questioning myself  

What if I use the paper to make paper hats? 

 What if I use the cardboard paper to make Runway to land the plane 

 As an Educator, Whenever I am setting my room, I always set and stock up the paper and last thing is sweeping the paper and this setting reminds me of that how paper plays an important part in our daily lives. 

The way children explored paper it reminds me of the element from outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners, that children use play to investigate, imagine and explore ideas. (ACECQA, p.34) 

 

 

 I still remember those olden days when we  used to have clay bowls for foods and clay glass to keep water cold. But with the time it has shifted a lot, there are so many different forms of clay which are used in engineering, construction, medicinal etc. 

I noticed  beautiful reaction when I gave clay to children. I observed one child who have some behavioral issues. He looked at the Clay, like others he touched it, feel it, squish it and then again flattened it. He noticed a dirt on his hand and washed his hand, again came and touched the clay.  I noticed that how with the sense and touch of clay, he found himself calmer and more focused. Looking at other children also that how they are focusing and trying to make something special with it. They were showing their hand eye coordination, learning about 3 d shape  and developing their fine motor skills.Upon completion, they wrote their name next to their creation. This reminds me of the Outcome 1. Children have a strong sense of identity - Children recognize their individual achievements (ACECQA, p.22) 

 

 

I put dinosaur in the sunlight and when light travels from sun and passed through dinosaurs, created shadows of the dinosaurs. 

 Light interacts differently as compared to other material and with children, they have a different corner for sense and sensory play. They using their visual senses and exploring the lights in an open-ended imagination. 

Children are innately receptive to the possibilities that materials offer and interact with them in order to make meaning and relationships, explore, and communicate. (Gandini, L.,et al., 2015, p.64) 

In my daily practice, I have noticed that by turning off the lights, they are aware that now it is time to relax and by turning them on, is the time to do some work. One day, When I put disco lights, immediately they came forward and were ready to do some moves, jumping to catch and touch that twirly lights. While playing outside, I have seen them comparing the shadows by size and infect looking at the sun light from inside the room, they can actually feel it whether they want jumper to go outside or it will be hot. There is a great connection of children with different material. 

As it has shown on the video from a link https://youtu.be/_3iodP-fRKQ, that how children can see the different color when they watching from transparent, translucent and colorful material and how they get to know more about themselves by making shadows by their bodies and spatial awareness. With the concept of light and dark, they overcomes their scare from dark.
I can relate my understanding to outcome 3,CHILDREN HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF
WELLBEING- demonstrate spatial awareness and
orient themselves, ((ACECQA, p.35) 

You are as vast as ocean is! 

You are moving along with us  

You are holding all of us 

All the histories, all the knowledge, by Newspaper

You have shared with us 

Now, Tiny hands are holding you,

Exploring you, and throwing you up to the sky 

Paper, o paper, you are not just a piece of paper  

You are vast as ocean is! 

Paint is the material which connects human and non-human bodies like paint with the brushes, with their hands, mixing together and become an assemblage.
I want to continue this paint experience to see their creativity and then will display and document children's work to tell how children speaks the language of art.
 Paint helps children to develop sensory skills, learning about colors, learning about textures, hand and eye coordination, language development and last but not the least social development, as they are participating in a group, sharing the ideas and exploring the paint with enthusiasm and curiosity. A paint is the one where any one can express their imagination, it like saying something without verbal interaction. I can see the connection of outcome 5, CHILDREN ARE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS - “use language and representations from play, music and art to share and project meaning”. (ACECQA, p.43) 

Paint is carrying all the aspects along with it, socio-cultural through painting cultural background with society living in there such as old times pictures (aboriginal painting), geographical by showing lands, sea, earth, political content in the forms of pictures, posters, newspaper, frames, art on the walls, conveying messages for change, for better growth.  

I wonder what will happen if I melt the paint in microwave ?
I wonder what will happen if I mix all the colors together?

POEM-

Paint, Paint your self 

Paint the way, you want to show the world 

Paint the histories, that are interconnected 

Paint the culture, close to nature 

Paint the ambitions, 

Paint the hopes, 

Paint the strengths, 

Paint what it stops, 

Paint the golden days, which you want to relive, 

Paint the sky and  where you believe!