Picture of the Mood Balls Play Date: "They all join their power together" |
N: “[Sad] is a hard and serious feeling.”
L: “My sad ball spins and it’s made of
wood.”
Wire balls have bouncy feelings, so this group
decided to make some moods out of wire.
N: “Sometimes these balls are confused or
happy.”
L: “Angry is a bouncy feeling. Angry always bounces back to you.”
L: “My happy ball is made of wire, because happy
is always bouncy. Every day is good for
him.”
R: “I’m making a Stay at Home ball out of pipe
cleaners. This ball is really creative
at home.”
After making a Stay at Home ball, R. decided
to make a Flattened Ball out of several bottle caps.
R: “It’s a flattened mood. It feels flattened.”
L: “Like it’s sad.”
N: “Like it’s miserable.”
R:
“Sometimes flat ball is just bored.”
This got N.
thinking about his Bored Ball – which turned out to be a one-eyed pom pom ball (“It’s just looking around, being bored,
with only one eye.”)
The introduction of plasticene modeling clay produced yet
other balls and other moods.
L: “My Hungry Ball is red because he’s super
hungry.”
N: “I’m making Isolated Ball. He’s made of pom poms but he has wire
antennae.” (L. then takes a cue from N. and decides to make his own
Isolated Ball out of green wire – “he doesn’t like to go with the group.”)
L: “I made an Eye Ball (a red clay ball covered
with eyes). He can see everything.”
L: “My blue clay ball is Slow Ball. He’s blue because he always loses the
race.”
Baby King Ball |
Since I missed the 1st grade part of Back-to-School night, I'm very glad to see this post! It helps to make the stories about "Angry Ball Jr." make much more sense.
ReplyDeleteMood balls are a great idea. We may just have to borrow it for our home studio.
I love seeing the kids' thoughts about each feeling.
ReplyDelete