How children want to decorate their space.

Where do we spend a long time during the day?

We thought the first place we wanted to decorate in the house

or our bedroom.

Each person talked about how they would like to decorate and

what they would decorate.

Elly: If you decorate your room, what color will you choose?

Will you have wallpaper? What shapes would it have?

With the exception of 2 children, most of Maple group wanted

to paint their wallpaper purple. And then they stamped wallpaper patterns

on wallpaper.

I supported the children to tell stories about their lives outside of Creative Minds.

I encouraged them to talk to our group about how they’ve decorated

their own room at home. I prepared small boxes for decorating houses and rooms,

and paper for wallpaper. We stamped and painted in various ways.

 When they finished, I asked them to show us their work.

Angelina wanted to decorate her house with photos, Ellen said

her’s needed a rainbow and a spider web, Gwen said a dress and a rainbow,

Emma said a flat slide, Kaitlyn said pink and a rainbow, Jayce said

a water picture, Lina said 4 slimes, Mikayla said some pictures and houses.

The children noticed how they decorated their own craft space and

thought they would like to put in their real home.

This activity helped them connect with one another, tell a story and

create their own wallpaper for decorating. It was nice to see

them make choices for their personal spaces and take care in making

the space enjoyable to be in.