How will you bring awe and wonderment to FECC with NOVELTY? by Heidi Schmidt https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0 (include name so others can extend conversation if they'd like!) en-us 2019-01-11 13:36:30 UTC 2025-10-09 20:16:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Bringing Awe and Wonder Back to Early Childhood: turkess_joo https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/320109345 One way to bring wonder and awe to FECC is to create play spaces that enhance children's imagination and curiosity This can be done by incorporating more opportunities for children to explore loos parts such as beads, shells, large tubes, logs, sticks, string, and tinker items for children to explore in their classrooms and outdoors. Incorporating loose parts into a child's daily explorations enhances curiosity, individuality, leadership and wonder in children. We have a section in our classroom that is dedicated to loose parts exploration. The children are always creating new and interesting creations such as zen gardens with colored rocks and gems, binoculars made for tubes, and habitats for animals made with  cut tree logs. Turkessa Joo Room 8]]> 2019-01-13 23:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/320109345 Bringing Awe and Wonder Back to Early Childhoo https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/320575807 In our classroom and in FECC we have created open spaces, spaces where children feel comfortable to explore or as the video called it to tinker. We have a loose parts area to be used as children see fit. Sometimes the shells are at a sea shore, other times they are used as ingredients for soup, they may also be used in the trains or cars. We have magnetic parts that can be used for cars or trucks etc.. We have real dishes, real cans and jars of food. Pet dishes and food etc.. It is an extension of their home. The art area is well supplied and open for interpenetration. Boxes become jack in the boxes with the children being the pop up character, the boat in gym becomes the bridge used to enact the story of The Billy Goats , we have had weddings etc.. You just need to open your mind add natural items and allow the children the opportunity to use their minds.
Penny Room 11]]> 2019-01-15 00:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/320575807 Awe and Wonder https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/320997900 One of the ways I tired to bring awe and wonder to my classroom this year was to add books in the block area and art area on architect. A lot of my kids this year are so into building, creating and learning about different building. When I brought the books in and displayed them in the classroom it sparked their creativity even more. How I will continue to add awe and wonder to my classroom is to continue to add new items throughout the classroom as much as I can. So far this year I've added, Pets to the home living area, building books, "Reading buddies" for afternoon reading before pick up.

Laura Piacentini Room 4]]> 2019-01-15 20:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/320997900 This year with our class, we have added loose parts of basically anything we can find, rolls, plastics, paper, bottle tops, whatever, and just old things that have been sitting in our closets for years.. Each week we come up with different items to add to the Art area which promotes novelty.These particular students love science so we are always doing some kind of experiments from their play. Like predicting if wet corn will pop in the microwave or dry? We also have new items that were purchased last year and this year, that we open up weekly to add surprise to the classroom. And last we borrow different things from our neighbors and just return them when we are done so it seems we have new things all the time! camille_guinn https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/321767511 Mrs. Camille & Ms. Ana]]> 2019-01-17 16:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/321767511 Awe and Wonder in room 5 https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/321983196 In our classroom we use wooden blocks to build things such as: garages, towers, bridges, houses, and tall buildings. Every day the blocks are arranged in a different way. The children bring items from all around the room into the block area to add to the novelty of their new unique structures. Each day we are excited to see the new structures that appear.
Room 5 
Miss Patricia and Ms. April ‘s class
FECC

]]> 2019-01-18 02:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/321983196 1755 and the Collector's Closet marjorie_bresson https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/321993599 I have always been a collector of "loose parts" and recycled materials.  I took pride in the fact that over theyears, when a coworker would say, "does anyone have any ____?" I could usually provide the necessary item. When my former students had a project idea, I typically had the materials necessary to execute their vision.  When I was moved to FECC as 1755 support, I brought most of my loose parts with me.  I saw the items Ms. Laura and Ms. Turkessa provided for exploration in their rooms and knew I had found a new home for my collection.  I continue to save and share materials I collect at home and love it when I notice them being used in someone's classroom.  It brings new life to the "Closet Collection" I have gathered over the years and makes me feel like a contributing part of the FECC staff.
~Marjorie]]> 2019-01-18 04:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/321993599 Awe and Wonder https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/322122170 I will continue to bring awe and wonder by switching materials in my classroom. My goal is to switch out our sensory table about every week and every day we pull out something different to do at the tables or on the rug. Our dramatic play area also switches with our different studies. Right now it is a veterinarians office for our animal inquiry unit. Also to bring some awe and wonder we got a pet fish to study for our animal inquiry unit.
Ms. Michelle
Room 6]]> 2019-01-18 14:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/322122170 Awe and Wonder karen_matlick https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/322509559 Room 11 continues to add more everyday materials into the class room. I believe it has quieted the room down and helps the children to act out real life adventures.  Ms. Karen.
 ]]> 2019-01-20 17:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/322509559 Awe and Wonder emily_friedman1 https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/322732799 I bring awe and wonderment through the stories we read in our classroom. I plan and implement activities and classroom environments that support go with the story we are reading in the classroom. For example, next week we will begin reading The Mitten and the children will be sewing mittens, searching for mittens of different sizes in the sensory table and sorting mittens by color, etc... 
Room 7]]> 2019-01-21 17:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/322732799 Awe and Wonder pierce_reynolds https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/323158444 We have gone through several transformations in Room 12 to allow for our classroom and work space to be as open and inviting as possible. We have moved areas around the room and have ended up with classroom that feels defined with specific focuses, but open enough to allow projects move from one to the next. We continue to swap in and exchange loose and open ended materials each week to propel the sense of novelty and refresh ingenuity on a daily basis.

Pierce 
Room 12]]> 2019-01-22 18:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/heidi_schmidt1/gbgolp6yspk0/wish/323158444