forest

mountains

some ideas

wooden blocks with patterns on all sides, to match, to build with; or could be soft (foam?) blocks covered in patterned fabric
learning tools that have another use: matching game that is also a place mat (is this disruptive to dinner?), or maybe it’s a poster, the pieces can be taken out of a frame [...]

Some notes about the probes.
Triangle, circle, square

only one kid added anything else to the page, the rest coloured in the shapes, staying in the lines.

Tell me a story about what you see

most were really literal
one kid personified the shapes making them fun and dynamic

Draw three or more shapes

seem very influenced by what they’ve just seen, [...]

here is a selection from the photo component of the probes…

i’ve decided to post up everything i’ve got and then post my ideas/findings/writing/sketches/etc…
here are the drawing/writing activites i got the kids to do:

This was the first activity. I wasn’t really sure what the outcome would do for me, but I thought it was an interesting idea, based on the work of Kandinsky and then Ellen Lupton and Abbott Miller. Not only that, I wanted to start the kids off with something easy and fun, to get them [...]

Thanks to everyone who completed the survey.
I received about 22 responses from people between the ages of 47 and 21. Of the 22 respondents, 2 people said that, no, line, shape and pattern did not influence the way they played as children. Of the 20 respondents who shared experiences of their pretend play, the majority [...]

visual research in to more patterns in mike perry’s over & over, a book on hand-drawn patterns.

visual research on patterns and work with textiles…

I’ve put together a quick survey to find out about other people’s experiences with pretend play as children. The survey is open to adults and children; anybody who wants to share their experiences about play. If you have any questions, I can be reached at ascott@eciad.ca. Thanks for participating!
Thanks to everyone who participated! I’ve closed [...]