[Reprint] Little Stone Class

Orig­i­nal address:Lit­tle Stone Classauthor:Han and Miao“Bear Mov­ing Stones”

Birds and bears love col­lect­ing stones. Even ordi­nary peb­bles on the river­bank can be quite inter­est­ing upon clos­er inspec­tion. For this lit­tle stone les­son, Teacher Big Bear col­lect­ed stones for almost a week, mak­ing a dai­ly trip back on his bicy­cle, wash­ing and dry­ing each one before deliv­er­ing them to the stu­dio from Yizhuang. His hard work has left Han Miao’s desk filled with beau­ti­ful stones. This is our indoor “river­bank,” where chil­dren can pick their favorite stones, glue them to a wood­en board, and brain­storm: Does this stone resem­ble a tur­tle shell? Does that stone resem­ble an ele­phan­t’s leg? Using stones to cre­ate ani­mals, peo­ple, flow­ers, and pat­terns is end­less fun, and the pos­si­bil­i­ties are end­less. There’s no short­age of stones, only imag­i­na­tion. The chil­dren paired large stones with small ones, dark stones with light ones, and used the stones’ nat­ur­al col­ors and shapes to cre­ate pic­tures and sto­ries. To achieve the per­fect result, they con­tin­ued to refine their cre­ations with brush­es and paint until a beau­ti­ful “stone paint­ing” was cre­at­ed. We hope the chil­dren enjoyed this day at our vir­tu­al “river­bank.”
 

Let’s do our Stone Sto­ry today.

 Give out the board.

Teacher Bird explains how to choose, arrange and stick stones togeth­er.


Eager to try.


Since the table is our riv­er beach, why not go up and look for stones?



Yes, that’s it.


 Look and look, find the stone you like.


 
 Adults also like to play with stones.


 Move a small ani­mal.

Pre-war mobi­liza­tion.


 The bird looks like a sto­ry­teller.
You chase me and I crawl.

 Lit­tle girl, don’t your knees hurt?

 The old­er chil­dren in the chil­dren’s class are very focused.

 You need to be patient when look­ing for stones on the river­bank. They all look the same at first glance, but each one is dif­fer­ent if you look close­ly.

 Start col­or­ing.



 

Take a pic­ture of the young painter’s cre­ative process.




I have learned to use my hands^^


Every­one vis­it­ed and com­ment­ed.

Xiao­di is always explor­ing new tech­niques.

 Con­g­cong final­ly defeat­ed the mon­ster “Da Kun Kun”.

The right hand is not a stone, it is a cake.

 “What about this stone? What is it?” Teacher Xiong will not miss any details.

In the after­noon class, Teacher Bird’s tone of voice was dif­fer­ent, and he need­ed more inspir­ing com­mu­ni­ca­tion with the old­er chil­dren.






 Push hard­er, push hard­er…

Who says cre­ation isn’t hard work?


 Very focused.



 Bird mon­ster.

 Whose feet?



 Every­one was extreme­ly focused and seri­ous when cre­at­ing.


 Tong­tong’s knowl­edge of insects is very pro­fes­sion­al.





 Some have already start­ed the sec­ond one.



 Paint­ing leaves after paint­ing stones is the best enter­tain­ment.
Thank you all for your hard work!
 
Spe­cial thanks to Ms. Weng Jial­ing for the deli­cious home­made cake!
 
 
 
 
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