Learning Archive

A growing collection of children's everyday learning moments

What Children Do With Things

Pretend play - objects transformed through imagination
Sketching at MOMA - sustained observation and representation
Blindfold play in garden - navigating space without sight
Girls creating new games - inventing rules together
Cricket with stick and rubber - improvising with loose parts
Rubber band exploration at anganwadi
Sesame seeds - abundant play with spilled materials
Water bottle play - siblings creating cooling strategies
Balloon car experiment - testing cause and effect
Sand play - shaping, pouring, transforming matter

Unhurried / Hurried Children

Time to observe - sketching without rushing
Repeated testing - returning to the same inquiry
Absorbed in material - unhurried exploration
Abundant time with materials
Pretend play unfolding at its own pace
Game invention - taking time to establish rules
Collaborative play - slowing down to include others
Construction site play - iterating without deadline
Public space play - carving out time for imagination
Focused experimentation with simple materials