Taking "No, David!" Outside

Re-representing is one way in which young children can proceed to more abstract thinking. On this day we decided to re-represent David outside in by drawing a large picture of him on the driveway. At first none of the children seemed to notice so we added the words "No David," and read them aloud. This sparked their interest and they all came over and studied the drawing. They all wanted to stand and dance on his face and rarely moved to the body. A few times they would walk up to the over-sized words and read them out loud. A while later, several of the children picked up chalk and began to draw on the face. We continually look for ways in which we can transfer one concept to another medium.