http://www.carlemuseum.org/studioblog/?p=1634 A blog from the Art Studio at The Eric Carle Museum Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.carlemuseum.org/studioblog/?p=1634#comment-4667 Meghan Thu, 03 May 2012 18:08:29 +0000 http://www.carlemuseum.org/studioblog/?p=1634#comment-4667 Kat,
It makes sense that the toddlers would be more engaged in cleanup if they had to sort by color. In my experience young children notice color attributes and relationships before shape or scale. Thanks for sharing!

]]> http://www.carlemuseum.org/studioblog/?p=1634#comment-4645 Kids Art Wed, 02 May 2012 20:10:03 +0000 http://www.carlemuseum.org/studioblog/?p=1634#comment-4645 I’m definitely one of those people that needs to have colors organized in the spectrum. Like you said, there is just something about it visually that is so appealing.

]]> http://www.carlemuseum.org/studioblog/?p=1634#comment-4608 Kat Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:33:05 +0000 http://www.carlemuseum.org/studioblog/?p=1634#comment-4608 In my last classroom (children ages 18-36 months old), we rearranged our block area for two weeks so that blocks were sorted in baskets by spectrum rather than by type (foam, duplo, wood, etc.). The change in arrangement drew a lot of children who were not normally engaged in block play to the area, and the children were also much more interested in sorting the blocks when it was time to clean up! Their block structures showed a noticeable jump in creativity as they started combining them in different ways.

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