#object&place

[clairemarielong-blog]

I really like the 'Eggdicator' machine used in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, I think that it would be interesting to experiment with ways of displaying products.

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My Thoughts So Far.

I want the interior of my space to instil a memorable experience of my urban farm. I want to make the experience as interesting and exciting as this will only encourage the children to want to learn more. I think I would like to incorporate chain reaction mechanisms into my design as they would help tell the cycle of products for example milk, in an exciting and unusual way.

[clairemarielong-blog]

SKY FARM by Gordon Graff

Architect Gordon Graff may succeed in the more green and progressive city of Toronto with his plans for a sky farm with 48 floors and millions of square feet of floor space (and even more growing space). This building, if constructed, will be able to feed tens of thousands of people per year. Best of all, particularly in Canada, the success of the building’s crops isn’t contingent upon climactic conditions. As an architectural and urban design gesture this structure both fits into the city skyline and differentiates itself with simple layers of green.

[livpeerman-blog]

Learning House - "Our philosophy"

"At Learning House education is paramount. Learning House was founded on a passion for children and a passion for learning.

We believe that children with well balanced developmental and educational foundations will have the tools necessary to embrace an enriched and rewarding life. At Learning House we urge all parents to let children be children and let them play.

Childhood is short lived and the expectation and need for learning in our increasingly fast paced world has never been greater. One of the greatest pressures a parent faces is to ensure their child is prepared for a life which is competitive and where success is determined by their ability to learn and adapt to different environments. The biggest challenge for parents is achieving this whilst still allowing their children to be children.

A love of learning can easily be achieved by allowing a child to learn through play. The benefits of developing an early passion for education will reward a child for their lifetime:

The right play environment enables an inquisitive child to develop a passion for learning that will continue through adolescence into adulthood

Educational toys foster an organic learning experience in your child's environment

An inherent learning environment simply becomes part of your child's lifestyle and existence"

http://www.learninghouse.com.au/our-philosophy.html

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Learning House - Australia - learning through play

"Play is fundamental to a child's intellectual, social, emotional, physical and linguistic development. It is an active form of learning that engages the senses, body and brain. Play immerses children in complex experiences. It enables them to be aware of how they are thinking and feeling, without pressuring them to achieve.

Children thrive on complex constructive projects that produce identifiable products. Five and six year olds particularly enjoy constructive play with higher levels of social collaboration.

For seven and eight year olds, the finished product becomes important. These children enjoy the challenge of construction sets with complex interlocking pieces and models that result in detailed and realistic productions. It is at this age that concrete operational thinking emerges. Children engage and develop this new type of thinking through object manipulation and experimentation. The manoeuvring of individual pieces in order to reproduce design patterns or create an original design requires the use of reasoning and problem-solving strategies as part of play.

Imaginative play enhances social, emotional, linguistic and mental development with creative role playing.

Imaginative or pretend play is a major play form in childhood. Imaginative play enhances cognitive development, increases social interactions, gives young children outlets for fears and frustrations, and provides a foundation for good mental health.

Imaginative play supports and promotes social development, allowing for your child to learn cooperation, sharing, leadership, negotiation and problem-solving skills. Pretending helps children overcome fears and cope with feelings at transitional stages in their development. Imitating, imagining and dramatising allows children to represent and re-enact their actual experience using symbolic, language and social skills at each stage of their development.

During role play children can assume an identity through which they relate to other people and objects as if they were not themselves. It is common for children to extend themselves to a higher level of maturity and development during role play. This is particularly important for language development as a child becomes a different person, of a different age, in a different place.

During the period between ages two and eight, it is quite common to see children take on a whole host of pretend characters - common, familiar and everyday occupational roles through to superhero and other fictional roles.

Ages five and six get great pleasure from overt socio-dramatic play - role playing in the home or supermarket, travelling to a distant country or being on an adventure at sea in the middle of the night.

Older children continue their imaginative play through more elaborate role playing, such as the direction of a puppet show or dramatisation of a circus performance. Costumes and props encourage and enhance the child's experience of their pretend situation."