Acknowledgements
List of pictures

Chapter 1: Thinking with Matter

Relationships with materials rich in events
Material in infancy
The 'Encounter with Material in Early Childhood Education' Project
Exploration of Materiality
experiment
Art as a Research Method
Studio
Encounters with Material and the Reggio Emilia Project
Invite conversation through image
Diffraction as a research method
Diffraction with concepts
This book's intertwining of paper, charcoal, paint, clay, and blocks

Chapter 2: Exercise

Uniqueness (peculiarity)
The movement of making
Continuous motion
Capture in the Flow
Surprise (movement by substances)
Crossing movement
Paper in the last movement

Chapter 3 Charcoal: Encounter

Meet
Touch
Pay attention
opening
Reply

Chapter 4: Paint: Placement

improvise
Express
Mixing and pouring
Place
Create

Chapter 5: Clay: Ecology

Clay from Atrium Studio
Clay in the Forest
lecture clay
Meso and the Ethical Ecosystem
attachment
much
Nurturing and raising
Fold in
Ecology of Practice

Chapter 6 Block: Time

The weight of time
Handling time
Time as an experience
Time as a robber
Transition space
Moving forward | Pay attention

Translator's Note
References
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What can matter do?
Thinking with paper, charcoal, paint, clay, and blocks

As I discovered this book and read the introduction, I couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow!"
It continued.
This book is a record of the experiences of practicing educators.

The profound stories of teachers who have considered material, art, and education from different perspectives are revealed in each chapter.

Our encounters with paper, charcoal, paint, clay, and blocks each led us into a world of thought of a different dimension.
I hope that this intense encounter will continue with teachers and lead to another creation.
The author begins each chapter with a list of properties that a particular substance can have.
Wouldn't the higher intention expressed in verbs be to renew our eyes to see material things?
It focuses on what matter can do and the agency of matter.
The author is not a subject who senses and touches matter, but a subject who thinks and constructs.
It's sending us a message to shift our perspective.
_From the translator's note