Is it soft? smooth? heavy? wet? As we continued spinning the bottle, the students themselves began the search for interesting materials to hand over to their blindfolded companion.

Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya24 June 2018Materials, Clay, Art class, Architecture for kids, Materiality, Texture, makingComment

6: The Rain Problem

The following week, it rained during the class, and the kids excitedly claimed ‘Let’s take our umbrellas outside!!’

Problem SolvingRanitri Weerasuriya17 June 2018sri lanka, Kids, making, rain, umbrella, Project Based LearningComment

5: The Cardboard Tower

We stacked the boxes back up and it looked pretty great! It was well over 7 feet tall and the kids impressed themselves with the scale of their own work.

Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya16 June 2018cardboard, Tower, sri lanka, Kids, making, Art class, architecture, urbanism, MakeComment

1: Build your 'Character' and their room.

Can you make your character to scale? What is this character like? Where does this character live?

Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya2 June 2018Architecture for kids, making, ScaleComment

Workshop Journal