Monday, October 4, 2010

Exploring Flubber


We made Flubber on Tuesday, and the next day the children were so excited to play with it.
Kailyn said, "I'm making a cat." She pushed a large piece into a long oval. Then she methodically pulled little pieces off, attaching them to along the bottom of oval.

The next day, she returned to her work, saying, "I make animals." She turned to her teacher and asked, "You make a reindeer?" She again worked to push the flubber out into a broad flat shape, working against the tendency of the flubber to contract upon itself.

Kailyn was captivated by the feel of the flubber, and she worked with great focus exploring the ways she could manipulate it, even returning to the themes of her exploration the next day.

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