Children are the best demonstrators of what Creative Play and Magical Thinking are. There worlds just seem to light up as they use their creative thinking to engage in play and entertain themselves. A simple cardboard box could take a child any where they want to go. It could all of a sudden be turned into a jet plane sorrowing through the sky, it could be a firetruck racing down the street, it could become a house in the middle of an enchanted forest, or a submarine exploring the wonders of the ocean hidden beneath the water's surface. A cardboard box could be turned into a bed for a doll, a magical castle, it could become a car and gas pump, a boat or a Robot! There are an endless about of possibilities a simple cardboard box could become.
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As i considered how a child could turn a simple, boring,old card board box into the most imaginative creative best toy in the world, i thought i should give myself the challenge to a cardboard creative too!
Here is Sally Spring!
This is Sally Spring
She is a Robot.
Sally is 20 years old.
She loves the season spring!
Here favorite thing is a flower.
Here favorite flower is a Daisy.
Her favorite thing to do is water the flowers.
Sally loves rainy days when she gets to wear her rain boots.
She loves to jump in puddles and squish her feet in the mud.
Sally like afternoons in the garden, and enjoys a nice glass of lemonade when it's hot.
Sally likes to read about flowers, and gardening.
Her favorite dessert is ice cream, strawberry is her favorite flavour.
Sally likes hearing the birds chirp in the early morning and waking up to a nice cup of tea.
Sally lives in a little farm house off in the country.
After a good day in the garden, she enjoys having dinner with friends on the porch in her backyard.
Sally is very friendly and loves to meet new people.
Sally likes riding bicycles, and and skipping stones in the lake.
Sally likes to watch the stars at night.
And making wishes on shooting stars.
Sally's last wish was to find another Robot friend.
So now it's your turn to make something magical out of a simple cardboard box. You don't need any special supplies just use odds and ends you find around your house, and make Sally a new friend.
Children are the most imaginative creative individual but if they aren't given the opportunity to use their creativity they might just lose it so give your students a chance to become creative magical thinkers, and give them a cardboard box!
ART WORD of the week: SHAPE
A shape is the size, length, and width of an object. Shapes include rectangles, square, circles, triangles and many more. Sally Spring was made up of two rectangular boxes. The shape of an object can change the way you view it. Shapes can be seen everywhere, everyday. While my friend sally is rectangular and so are most cardboard boxes, see what you can do change it's shape. Children making a rocket ship cardboard box had to change the top angle of the box to make it point up, and changed the shape. The little girl cut the shape of a cardboard box to make a bed for her doll. How can you change the shape of a cardboard box, using your creative thinking while making something magical.
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