Process is a word we use a lot with the children. It is explicitly revisited because it reveals the thinking behind the work. We have been focussing and connecting Ian Mc Mahon's work with the children's own work process. They envision, plan, consider materials, revise, execute and follow through on ideas all the time. They develop strategies that they carry to other work. They realize that they have within themselves the abilities and the ways to solve future problems and execute ideas.
And so we revisit the work of Ian McMahon with the intention of noting changes and more details, for it is these that will more clearly reveal his process.
He was trying to make 24 marshmallows. BROOKE
Let’s go see where he is. BROOKE
I can see paint. VIVIAN
He’s definitely in there. He’s spraying the stuff. Ian McMahon are you in there? CHARLIE
He peels it [plastic] like a band aid. BROOKE
The wire was going into the plastic. CHARLOTTE
He gets to do it [plaster] over himself. He gets to see it. VIVIAN
Now I am drawing how high it is. I’m measuring how high it is and how tall it is. Wide and long. BROOKE
There’s holes in there [pipe].CHARLOTTE
This side is different from the other side. CHARLIE
I’m measuring. VIVIAN
Should I measure the poles? CHARLOTTE
