I'm wondering whether it would be advantageous for older siblings - or classrooms one grade level higher - to take random photos, then select one to share in philosopher-pairs. Or those taking photos could gift each to a younger child without comment. My family child care business in the '90's was inherently mixed-age, and this happened often with all sorts of serendipitous, bi-directional mentoring (a 'younger' initiating provocations for an 'older' child or one who was new to my home).
yes, absolutely this could be a possibility... the reason why I carefully choose photos is to consider the many possible directions the photos could take the children in - and whether some of those directions might be too sensitive or triggering for one or more of the children - this would be a far too big a responsibility for some children (depending on age)
I have done photo projects with children - where they have documented their week, and then together gone through the photos (older and younger children) to talk about their favourite moments, and to make a decision about which 5 photos (or more or less) to display until the following week (we did the selecting on a screen, and printed out just 5 as a way to reduce paper usage) - this could be a safer way for the children to feel autonomous in their photo taking and also their dialogues about the photos and how they felt about them.
What fascinating questions and ideas to go with these fascinating photos! I'm sure this will inspire people to start looking for their own interesting photos to use with children! Thank you!
I do hope so... over the years I have had so many incredibly fascinating dialogues with children where photos have been the stimulus... and such a great way for the children to experience how we all interpret things differently and also sometimes similarly too but for different reasons
I'm wondering whether it would be advantageous for older siblings - or classrooms one grade level higher - to take random photos, then select one to share in philosopher-pairs. Or those taking photos could gift each to a younger child without comment. My family child care business in the '90's was inherently mixed-age, and this happened often with all sorts of serendipitous, bi-directional mentoring (a 'younger' initiating provocations for an 'older' child or one who was new to my home).
yes, absolutely this could be a possibility... the reason why I carefully choose photos is to consider the many possible directions the photos could take the children in - and whether some of those directions might be too sensitive or triggering for one or more of the children - this would be a far too big a responsibility for some children (depending on age)
I have done photo projects with children - where they have documented their week, and then together gone through the photos (older and younger children) to talk about their favourite moments, and to make a decision about which 5 photos (or more or less) to display until the following week (we did the selecting on a screen, and printed out just 5 as a way to reduce paper usage) - this could be a safer way for the children to feel autonomous in their photo taking and also their dialogues about the photos and how they felt about them.
What fascinating questions and ideas to go with these fascinating photos! I'm sure this will inspire people to start looking for their own interesting photos to use with children! Thank you!
I do hope so... over the years I have had so many incredibly fascinating dialogues with children where photos have been the stimulus... and such a great way for the children to experience how we all interpret things differently and also sometimes similarly too but for different reasons