Evidence of play
Children communicate with each other through play with materials. Things move and shift and are collected and dropped. Each petal and twig leaves a message just as sure and true as any sign an adult would have painted and planted in the ground.
Disappointment
After observing our sharing stones routine, a question was posed to me by an adult, "What are the children who don't get called supposed to do? Be disappointed?" The answer, friends, is yes.
Planned Serendipity, A Discussion About "Child-led Curriculum"
Humans have been using story to enliven their play for a very, very long time so this is nothing new.This is what “planned serendipity” is – we imagine and re-imagine possible story lines and collect materials that enrich them and enjoy the play that unfolds.