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After four years the nursery school has closed. It has been an honor to work with the children of Ajo! Please look out for Rootworks at pop up events.
Loose Parts
Loose parts are items that can be transformed by the imagination into just about anything, cultivating a sense of creativity, spontaneity, imagination, and invention.
Rather than surrounding children with toys that have a single function, which children are expected to play with in only one way, children are instead given access to a variety of 'loose parts', and the freedom to imagine the possibilities.
Natural materials offer endless possibilities. A seed pod becomes a boat. A stick becomes a wand. Seashells become food for the baby.
The Joy of Imagination
Wooden blocks become roads, bridges, towers, houses, castles, robots, spaceships.
A blue cloth becomes a river, green becomes a pasture, and brown becomes the desert as a story is told.
A baby doll with a neutral facial expression can be happy, sad, angry, or content.
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