Look at this soft ball of dough. Can we change how it looks without cutting it or adding anything new? Hands up if you have an idea.
Watch this. I squash the dough. Press, press, flat! That is a change.
What looks different now? Is it still the same kind of dough?
Soon you will try more changes with your hands: bend, tear and stretch. Join me for a quick mime of each one.
Go to your tray. Change each material with your hands. I will help you with the words as you try.
Choose one thing you changed. Hold it up. Tell your partner the change you made: squash, bend, tear or stretch.
Look at this little pot. Someone squashed and bent clay to make it. Look at this card. Someone folded and tore paper to make it. We changed materials with our hands too.
Which change did the pot need: squash, bend, tear or stretch?
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