{"id":2251,"date":"2020-12-24T19:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T19:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ece-211-curriculum-for-young-children-1-spring-2021\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2021-08-14T19:19:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T19:19:38","slug":"seminar-project-not-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ece-211-133-curriculum-for-young-children-1-fall-2021\/2020\/12\/24\/seminar-project-not-a-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar Project: Not A Box&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Creativity&nbsp;<\/em>is using our imagination to make, transform, create. It means transcending traditional thinking to bring new ideas into reality. Without creativity, humans would never have developed scientific inventions such as electricity, would never have discovered new galaxies or sent people into space, would never have created computers or developed the internet that allows us to travel to remote places without leaving our homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creativity means&nbsp;<strong>thinking outside the box<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this video read-aloud of Antoinette Portis\u2019s children\u2019s book&nbsp;<em>Not A Box<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Not A Box Read Aloud Antoinette Portis Children&#039;s Book\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PMCKXaFsmCA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now,\u00a0<em><strong>you<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0are going to think outside the box and create something new and different from a simple shape. To do this, you need <strong>a box<\/strong>&#8211;any kind, any size, any shape. \u00a0If you can&#8217;t find a box, you can make one using construction paper, newspaper, or any other materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may use crayons, markers, paints, oil pastels, construction paper, and any \u201cfound materials\u201d (e.g., buttons, pieces of fabric, ribbon, newspaper, metal, stones, shells, feathers, etc.) you have around the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use your imagination&#8230; Take a journey&#8230; Create&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you complete your \u201cNot A Box\u201d take a photograph of it and upload it here by creating your own post (not a reply). Describe your \u201cNot A Box\u201d and how you created it. We will share your \u201cNot A Box\u201d on Sunday, August 29 during our class meeting (Zoom).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creativity&nbsp;is using our imagination to make, transform, create. 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