They Explore their World by Recreating It

After the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, children at Bank Street’s School for Children used building blocks to express their feelings and regain a sense of security.

Linda Levine, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Bank Street College, remarked, “When I walked into Lisa Edstrom’s 5/6’s classroom on October l8 and saw what her children had created in the block area, I was speechless. The video, made two days later, shows how those children - with their teacher’s support - are trying to construct meaning out of recent events.”

The full 14-minute video, created by Linda Levine and Laura Saslow, was presented at the 2001 National Association for the Education of Young Children conference. It accompanied a presentation called “Revisiting a Progressive Pedagogy: The Developmental Interaction Approach” given by Bank Street College faculty Nancy Nager, Edna Shapiro, Linda Levine, and Helen Freidus.

To acquire a copy of the digital video, email thecorner@bankstreet.edu.

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