tinkering with animation

Little directors can explore different animation techniques, including stop-motion animation and zoetropes, as they find new ways to build scenes frame by frame and tell their stories.

Stop-motion animation: an animation style in which individual pictures are taken and objects are moved just a bit between photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit motion.

Zoetrope: a classic animation tool that spins a series of still images in a loop, creating the illusion of motion and showing how animation works.