[bright music] - Hi everybody.

My name is Daniel.

Today we're going to explore a new art material.

What do you notice here on my tray?

- Blocks.

- And this block is made out of wood.

What do you notice about this piece of wood?

Let me feel it.

It feels smooth.

What kind of shape is this?

- Square.

- It would be like a square.

Yes.

Excellent.

Now when I look at it, I notice that it has a top, has a bottom, and also has different sides.

Now we're gonna take a close look at a piece of wood.

You ready?

How does it feel?

- Soft.

- Soft.

- Mine feels so smooth.

- Now, do you think it has a smell?

- It smells like wood.

- Okay.

Are you ready to try another piece of wood?

Now we're going to handle this piece of wood a little bit carefully because it might have some sharp edges.

Now if we feel it very gently, how does it feel?

- Hard.

- It feels bumpy.

- [Daniel] It is hard.

It is bumpy.

Yes, it is a little bit rough because it has the bark from the tree and in some of these pieces you can see the rings.

- Like this.

- Mm-hmm.

Excellent.

Now, what do you know that is made from wood?

- Houses.

- The wood comes from trees and houses are made out of wood as well.

- Blocks.

- The blocks are made out of wood.

Now what about here?

What do we have here?

- Wood.

- So tables are made out of wood.

Okay, now we're going to try to build using these materials.

We're going to try to make something that goes up.

And I have a base made out of cardboard, I'm gonna put it here and I'm gonna choose a few pieces and I'm gonna move them around.

Now what do you notice?

Are they standing up?

Maybe I can stack one on top of the other.

Can you show me stacking with your hands?

Now I'm gonna do it with the wood.

Now, which pieces should I put first?

- The big one.

The small one at the top.

- That's great.

So I'm gonna put this one here at the bottom.

And I would like this long piece to stand up this way.

- [Child] And then another one?

- I'm gonna have this long piece and I would like to put it on top.

Now let me see what happens if I put it here, oh, it might fall.

- Maybe you can put it in the middle.

- [Daniel] In the middle.

I think that's great.

I'm gonna put it right in the middle.

And now it's balanced.

Now have you tried to balance your bodies?

How do you balance?

- You just do this.

- That is a very good way to balance.

Now let me show you one more thing.

I would like to put one object here.

One piece of wood on this side.

What do you think will happen if I let it go?

- It will fall.

- But I have two.

- What about- - In the middle!

- I can put it in the middle, but I'm going to try to put them one on each side.

Do you think it will work?

- Yes.

- It balanced.

Now watch carefully.

I'm going to rotate it.

So I can see, I can look at this from different sides.

Now I would like to add another piece.

I wonder what will happen if I just lean my piece here.

So this piece is leaning here.

Have you ever leaned against someone else or against a wall?

How does it look like when you lean?

Show me with your body.

Excellent.

Do you notice that we are going at a diagonal?

Very good.

So I'm gonna rotate my piece and I'm going to add a couple more.

Okay everyone, it is your turn to explore building something tall with these materials.

Are you going to stack them?

Are you going to balance, or are you going to lean your pieces?

- Put this right here.

I wanna do it like this.

- If you try one way and if it falls, it's okay, we can try it again.

- Look!

- I like how you are leaning.

Oh, I noticed that you're stacking.

That is balancing.

You're balancing the piece on the top, right?

It didn't fall.

- All done!

[bright music] - Okay, now we're going to look at our constructions, or the sculptures from different sides.

So just move your head and look at it from different sites like this.

Now what do you notice about your sculptures?

How did you build?

- Mine is leaning.

- Can you show us the piece that is leaning?

I noticed that those pieces are balancing.

Amon, did you have in your sculpture a place where you stack, where you balance, or where you leaned your pieces?

- So this one is balancing so it can hold this.

All the ones that are on the bottom are holding them.

- And they're all stacked.

Perfect.

Now it is your turn to explore building using wood pieces.

How are you gonna build with them?

Are you going to stack them?

Are you going to balance them?

Or are you going to lean one piece against the other one to make something tall?

Have fun, artists.