sandra, project book translation

As we observe and draw inspiration from nature we acquire the basic principles of color, form function, geometry and symmetry.
For my project book I was inspired by kindergarten work circa 1900 and Pestalozzi's model "...pedagogical drawing techniques based upon simple geometry... One feature was the step-by-step progression from pure abstraction to drawing from nature that systematically exposed the youngest children to the least representational forms."(see; Inventing Kindergarten by Norman Brosterman).
As a lesson I have boxes filled with objects from nature. Shells that show form that help illustrate the concept of the golden mean and geometry. We start by observing the objects visually and manually. we dicuss then draw, then set to work cutting paper and arranging. We weave , fold and collage with paper. We do lessons in line with paper strips and with form again using cut paper tiles we will discuss color and form along the way.
We will look at the folded paper forms of Dr. David Huffman, Erik Demaine, Ronald Resch Joseph Albers and the work involving Jenna Fizel. This serves to introduce 3-d work.