Today MC said, 'The moment of 'not knowing', when we arrive at the child's door, allows us to use the right tool for the right moment'.
I feel like my tool bag is being shaken up, and there are a whole load of tools that have been forgotten at the bottom of the bag for ages, and others that I didn't even know existed, and a whole bunch of shiny new ones. With each day here, these tools are being polished up, set out in front of me, ready for action.
At the end of today Sophie Gazel gave us a little re-cap of things we learned last week and their relevance to the hospital. I am not going into technical details, as we will share all of that with you when we get back. Some of it I have already touched on, some of it you already know, but all of it is worth being reminded of.
Always give the child the opportunity and joy of seeing you.
Don't be restricted by the image of a character you think you should be playing.
The more strongly we believe something, the more the child will believe in it. (The room is a jungle/desert/outer space).
The more attention we give to the moment and our partner, the less we have to think about it intellectually. The play comes from the situation, not our mind.
Use less words to say more.
Don't explain what you are doing.
Create alternate realities, and respect the world that you create. (If you create a table, don't walk through the table.)
Develop 1 thing, so that the child can follow, and be a part of the game with you. If you are thinking intellectually, and going in too many directions, you will lose them.
Take 1 impulse, a small proposal, and develop it into the most extreme thing that you can...eating a delicious ice cream builds and builds until you are swimming in a room full of ice cream. If you believe it, so will everyone else.
Give the child space to say, 'and now what?'
This week we are working with Eric de Sarria, who is an expert in puppetry and object play. He said today that clowning is like riding a motorbike which never goes slower than 200mph. You have to use your instinct and intelligence to deal with thousands of things at once but as soon as you think intellectually, you crash.
No wonder we are so tired at the end of the day.
Hasta Manana Chiquitines!
I feel like my tool bag is being shaken up, and there are a whole load of tools that have been forgotten at the bottom of the bag for ages, and others that I didn't even know existed, and a whole bunch of shiny new ones. With each day here, these tools are being polished up, set out in front of me, ready for action.
At the end of today Sophie Gazel gave us a little re-cap of things we learned last week and their relevance to the hospital. I am not going into technical details, as we will share all of that with you when we get back. Some of it I have already touched on, some of it you already know, but all of it is worth being reminded of.
Always give the child the opportunity and joy of seeing you.
Don't be restricted by the image of a character you think you should be playing.
The more strongly we believe something, the more the child will believe in it. (The room is a jungle/desert/outer space).
The more attention we give to the moment and our partner, the less we have to think about it intellectually. The play comes from the situation, not our mind.
Use less words to say more.
Don't explain what you are doing.
Create alternate realities, and respect the world that you create. (If you create a table, don't walk through the table.)
Develop 1 thing, so that the child can follow, and be a part of the game with you. If you are thinking intellectually, and going in too many directions, you will lose them.
Take 1 impulse, a small proposal, and develop it into the most extreme thing that you can...eating a delicious ice cream builds and builds until you are swimming in a room full of ice cream. If you believe it, so will everyone else.
Give the child space to say, 'and now what?'
This week we are working with Eric de Sarria, who is an expert in puppetry and object play. He said today that clowning is like riding a motorbike which never goes slower than 200mph. You have to use your instinct and intelligence to deal with thousands of things at once but as soon as you think intellectually, you crash.
No wonder we are so tired at the end of the day.
Hasta Manana Chiquitines!