Listening, we train our ears to capture the children’s questions. As a thread unravels, we embark on ways through materials to help the children explore further. “We’re keeping the bad guys in!” Quinn Discovering talk centering
“The person who gets more, the others get less and then we have to equal this out!” Margot
We are working together to recreate a powerful experience. Through myriad materials, we are inviting the children to share their understanding of the metamorphic process of the monarch butterfly. Milkweed… Eggs… Emerging caterpillars… As we
We have found the concept of tools to be a wonderful way to engage children in their own learning processes. Tools of the mind, tools of the body, and tools of the physical world are
We have been drawing our creations! Children are learning how sketchbooks can be tools to save memories of their efforts, to guide the reconstruction of their work, to show steps of their process and capture
This week we discovered that the gak formed from liquid starch and glue has a relatively short shelf life – by Monday morning it no longer was able to hold its shape. However the interest to
Recently children have been transforming everyday materials into tools. ‘L’ shaped blocks have become hammers, golf tees have become nails, and every surface has become one upon which they can construct. To help fulfill this need,
Together in Studio Red, we are learning about the camera. Last week, we shared prior knowledge, experimented with the tool, and labeled its parts with a shared vocabulary. In these ways, children have extended their
We invited the afternoon children to uncover stories in another way. Working in small groups with loose parts and a painting, the stories slowly unfolded. This is just one story sample. Moss mountain. Beautiful ocean. The big
“Like a circle. Two people inside a circle, like a hurricane.”–SYLVIE In Studio Purple, we’ve been thinking about conversations, wondering what they look and sound like. We seeded this idea last week when we asked
