Art - Pictures of Our Community

"What do you know about the word - community?" the children were asked. Some of the children have heard the word, community; here are their ideas about community:
Mila: cute babies
Trystan: people
Grace: houses
Damon: lights
Roy: cakes and sprinkles!
Then, Trystan wondered "What is community?" It was actually one of the provocations for our next unit of inquiries - "How We Organize Ourselves" 
Central Idea: The work people perform helps build community

This Friday, we had a hand-on art activity to help us accessing what the children know about a community. The children used stamps (made of wooden blocks and string) and paint to build their community scene.  

"Slide and swing in my community!"

"Cakes! we need bakery."

"My House ."

"What do we have in our community?"

"I want blue buildings."

Here are the image of the community that the children made on Friday!