Loose parts are indeed an engaging resource in our learning space to make learning and teaching more engaging. I used this question - "What do you think you can do with this?"...... This provocation gave learners ownership and got them thinking.
Our unit focused on the natural world around us and throughout the unit, we used loose parts. We gathered some natural materials as provocations to drive the inquiry. Natural materials are free of cost and are easily available in and around our homes. Loose parts have no specific function or goal. They can be moved, arranged, designed, taken apart and more!
Here is a list of natural materials that we used for our inquiry-based learning: sticks, stones, dry leaves, seeds, coconut shells, nutshells, seashells, sand, mud, flowers, leaves, rocks, pebbles, jute strings, jute fabric, wooden chips etc. Loose parts especially natural materials give an invitation to design, learn, create and explore.
Now during our asynchronous remote learning, my learners are making their personalized "nature discovery box" with available natural materials and using them as maths manipulatives and also as a resource to design and create.'See-Think-Wonder' and 'Know-Want-Learned', these 2 visible thinking routines get the conversation started and help learners generate diverse questions and wonderings that they can further investigate and inquire into.Stay tuned and I am excited to share some learning engagements that I am planning to do with my grade 1 enthusiastic explorers.Thanks for reading! Hope this is helpful.Stay Curious and keep learning! Follow me to get all updates and free resources.
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