Two and Tree Year Olds String II

Anna and I reflected on our observations of the children with string and wondered if the practice of wrapping string around things might be their trying to understand the properties of a circle and circumference.

 Another visit to the studio found Anna with a large circle on the circle table table.  She played a game by initially drawing close to the edge of the circle, going half way and then passing the marker to a child across from her.   

One of the children found a bowl in the middle of the room with some fabric pieces that were tied into a "rope" but this kind of rope did not seem pleasing to him.   Anna asked why he didn't like it and he said he just didn't and asked her for some string to draw with.  He pointed to the red plastic string and then announced  it wouldn't work.  Was he saying he really wanted to play with string instead of markers? Was he not wanting the string anymore because it couldn't draw?

 Anna invited him to go to a smaller circle paper on a very large spool of rope to glue string on the circle. Could this be a way to "Write" with string?

Anna and I decided to take this query to the other teachers to ask them for their ideas to extend the work of the children.  You will see our collaborative work in the blog entitled Teachers Collaborate String III.