They are constantly around us, paper, sticky tape, icy pole sticks, cardboard, paint. They aren’t just in our classrooms, they are materials that can be seen indoors and outdoors. They make the world what it is, materials are what creates this world that we live in. 

Recycling, some were distributed to us from other countries then are shipped down to our stores where people purchase these materials. Its ended up in the classrooms from the university purchasing these products/materials from whoever they whole sale from. 

These materials have become important within the early childhood setting as it provides students with loose parts to make meaning out of their space and peers. Its about creating what they are thinking and playing with the materials that they have in-front of them. It uses are to basically allow people to create and decorate what they want. I relate to this material on the sense of allowing myself to be creative, either from a university setting where I have to create project from scratch using junk materials or by simple having a good time with my younger siblings and make fun things. Children can engage with these materials by being exposed to it. So having it all around the classroom can benefit them as it gives them the time/space and efficiency to play and move with these objects around them. There are no rules, but anything sharp and unrealistic for children under the age of 3 shouldn’t be laid out. 

It becomes heavy being lifted from where it was, very tight and hard in a way.

Stories that it would hold would probably be where did it come from and  how the educator had put it on the ground set out nicely around different elements and colour and the nature side to it. Yes it brings memories from when I was in high school and how every art lesson we had different materials that we needed to create and make meaning of, and clay was on of them and we all had to move it around and from some sort of animal which was great but very difficult. 

It feels different because its very hands on and your hands are getting dirty whilst trying to make something out of clay. 

Basically how its unique and how it ended up in the classroom, compared to loose parts parts etc, where we see them everyday. Clay is very different because we don't necessarily see it around us 24/7. So having the educator bring this in gave us an opportunity to make unique objects out of clay which was great especially by adding other materials onto it.

Clay has become important to peoples lives when creating ceramic objects or pottery. It was first discovered or started in east Asia, in both china and Japan in the 14,000 BC.

It differs from how its being set out, for example- paper, junk etc we didn’t really react to much to it- we felt like it wasn’t so unique and would make anything. Yet clay is so much differently compared to them because we can physically make whatever we want with our finger and add different features. It was a great opportunity as future educators to actually get creative so that we understand how children feel when we tell them to make something out of the materials within the classroom. 

Materials link us to everyday life as it sets out the outcomes for which we perceive and make meaning of, these materials are all around us yet we don't really pay attention until its in front of us and are told to create something out of it from scratch. 

As mentioned in thinking with materials- Clay makes plenty of demands. When it is fired, for example, it demands extreme care. If it cools to quickly, it is prone to dust”. 

(Pacini-Ketchabaw, Kind & Kocher 2016). Therefore we must understand as educators how to use materials wisely and provide the best quality of materials to our students. So that when we allocate specific task for them to take part in either clay or paint we know the right//wrong for them to then complete it correctly. 

Pacini-Ketchabaw, V, Kind, S & Kocher, L 2016, Encounters With Materials in Early Childhood Education, Routledge, viewed <https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vu/detail.action?docID=4649662>.

ISBN: 9781317588573

Listening to light means being aware of our surroundings and how they make sense in the life that we live in. For example we may not “physically” listen to light, but we can feel and move with it. This can be seen when we are driving our car and how lights are important when we look at ur surroundings, light helps us see the road and the signs. Light can also be a form of understanding what we are wanting to do for example- listening to music we listen to the music whilst light is around our screen or dance floor. Light is around us everywhere we go therefore listing to light gives us an insight into the world we live in. 

Light gives us an opportunity to think with shadow by looking at our own reflection or other important shadows and make meaning out of it , we may not hear light or our shadow but when we look at something then observe we automatically have a thinking process that enables us to emotionally create meaning in our minds and heart. Things can be portrayed in a meaningful manner even though there isn’t a sound in sight. 

It creates reflections of materials and how that can mean something to an individual. Shadow and transparency teach us how light can be very useful when demonstrating materials clearly or adding information onto the projector to see better or present a presentation as a whole. 

We think with light by seeing our surroundings. When light is around us we make meaning out of it, for example- watching a movie or seeing a presentation and so forth. We are constantly thinking 

Light comes from light globes, it comes from the sunlight around us in the day light. Reflection light, temperature makes light as a whole.  

Light gives us a different way of seeing and a different perspective by watching how we think and feel? It is all about the surroundings and how our thoughts bring us in different situations. Seeing different objects through light enables us to think differently and wonder different feelings and emotions. 

Light calls us to attention by improving our mood and it stabilises our instincts. Light is basically seen as a wave that goes up down and around. Its about paying attention to what that light brings us and how we can learn and reflect upon it. 

We can see, materials, objects, people, buildings, cars, houses and so forth. Anything within our surroundings either in the daylight or at night. 

We may generate questions with light by, asking ourselves why do we need light and why is it important?. This can be answered by we cant live in a dark world every second of our life. Light is very important in our everyday lifestyle. Through the sunlight all the way to the light globes on the street or in buildings that we are in. 

Paper can play a big part in an individuals life. People use it to write down messages, or plan a big piece of writing and so forth. Paper can be used to draw, paint, cut- paste and be creative. Depending on the age groups it can be used differently, eg- children would use paper to draw and paint fun things. Adults- could be sending out a long message, writing ideas down for an essay or for an important business project. Paper is used all around us and is the old style of writing, wheres now we have laptops and iPads to do things for us. 

Paper is incapable of being a fast messenger compared to sending out an email or important message through a phone or computer that needs to be seen by another individual, it is more of a slower process. 

Paper interacts with me in all sorts of ways, it helps me when I have a lot on my mind and I want to make notes about personal things happening in my life. It helps me draw/paint my imagination away. It also allows me with my writing, to put down ideas and brainstorm before I type. Having paper around different materials makes me happy in a way, because then I can basically create and make meaning out of what I make. And why I chose to create something out of paper, string, paint, pencil and so forth. Paper is the base of being creative. It starts with paper and then the middle process is getting different materials in or around it then finishing it up with the overall decoration/creation. 

These interactions shift in relation to time and space by either working?, exercising?, being on the phone?. Having to be at placement or at university we can expect specific time to be allocated to draw, paint and be creative with different varieties of material around paper, and use up the entire space. But once we part ways from these locations I feel like we tend to seperate ourselves from materials such as paper, coloured pencils, textures, highlighters, paint and so forth. 

Paper’s history is to basically deliver style and be a useful material to the world. From design, to sketching all the way through writing down information/letters. 

Paper was invented around 100BC in china, under the Han dynasty emperor HO-Ti, who was basically the first to start a paper-making industry. The invention of paper was why china became so successful. Paper comes from factories that are within, North America, Asia, Europe and account for the most of the worlds paper and pulp as a whole. Paper is made in two steps- the cellulose fibres are sources that converts to pulp, then pull is combined with water and so forth to then make its ways to the paper making machine to which is it flattened, dried and cut into sheets or rolls, then it is sent out globally. Since it is made overseas we get our supplies then they go into factories where it is later distributed amongst Australia grounds to which the wholesalers take it and then start selling it around the shopping centres and stores across Victoria/ Australia. Then every company- such as school, office building, police station, hospital, university all get there equipment from different locations and that how we end up with paper- or any other material around us.  

Paper has become important in the early childhood setting as it gives children the opportunity to explore their imagination onto paper, to either create something of paper, or to simple draw/paint. In order to allow paper within the childcare/kindergarten setting allows the children to develop their skills and for the educators to then examine and take observations. Children can learn and engage with paper in multiple ways and it has no rules, because its not dangerous for them to involve in and actually play and be creative with. In relation to paper and why it is so important and why we need it, it is just a material at the end of the day- as mentioned in Bennett, “materials live in the world in multiple ways “Bennett, 2004” as cited in (Pacini-Ketchabaw, 2016)”. It allows us to full understand that all the materials we have around us have meaning and we use them everyday even we don't necessarily think about them. 

Pacini-Ketchabaw, V, Kind, S & Kocher, L 2017b, ‘Thinking with materials’, Encounters with materials in early childhood education, Routledge, New York, pp. 1–21, viewed <http://wallaby.vu.edu.au:2048/login?url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315743257/chapters/10.4324/9781315743257-1>.

The material is capable of being laid out for children to play with and create what they want. The material can do anything, bend, be cut, stuck onto other materials. Since its a bunk of junk material

Perhaps, nothing since its junk objects/materials. So children can use it wisely to not and it wouldn’t matter. 

Its a combined situational outcome, so it can all be defined as one and it works well with me, since I can use these materials inside the classroom and have my own materials- at home. 

They don't, they move efficiently as time and space don't effect junk materials.

Relating junk materials back to Reggio Emilia, children experiment and develop competencies in using language, gestures, expressing themselves and so forth. ( Edwards, Gandini & Forman 2011). Allowing children to feel free and grab objects/ materials within their environment is a great way to observe their behaviour and what they do with the objects. 

Edwards, C, Gandini, L & Forman, G 2011, The Hundred Languages of Children : The Reggio Emilia Experience in Transformation, ABC-CLIO, LLC, viewed <https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vu/detail.action?docID=820317>.

ISBN: 9780313359620

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