As the myriad of objects flowed into our LOOSE PARTS collection, we watched to observe how children interacted with the items. They were offered no additional tools, just the items themselves and their imaginations. What can
Ada Little Batwing is sleeping right now. We’re making a new playroom for her! But she can’t see it yet, she can’t even peek! No peeking Batwing! No no no! After some squeaking
LIttle Batwing is a favorite toy at Extended Day and has enjoyed some wonderful birthday treats this past week, “Little Batwing has a birthday everyday”. Here are some images of the children at work at Little
Four year olds spend a great deal of time talking about “being friends” or “not being friends”. In an attempt to understand their language, we are diving deep into what it means to be a friend.
In small groups we use books to research how to make a slug habitat. We record our thinking in words and in drawings to show how our ideas can come together. “I know what we
A “turn and talk” is an opportunity to think along with one other child, while still being together as a whole group. Sitting knee to knee, the children passed a variety of paintbrushes and made
TEAMWORK abounded on our nature walk as a group worked together to form a house from fallen down limbs. Gradually a lean-to house appeared complete with a sofa and fire. A woodlouse was also adopted as
As told by Julia: I can see something in this tree. I’m looking at it with my eyes. I heard something move. I’m putting a stick in to be a couch and now a leaf is a blanket.
All year long we’re witnessing as children build, create and EXPERIMENT with a variety of MATERIALS both inside and out. While these materials are OPEN-ENDED, they are generally designed to be assembled using a certain technique. In
Imagination is endless in Antoinette Portis’s “Not a Box” and “Not a Stick” that we have shared with the children. Objects that bear an uncanny resemblance to a stick and a box, with a little imagination
