“This one works the best.” Birdie
“A catapult is a thing you put one thing down and you put another thing down and you shoot something.” -Sevi Children have been returning to the catapults, constructing and reconstructing these levers to test
Archive for 2018
Clay is gray, slugs are gray.
With a video of a slug playing in the background, the children were invited to explore these creatures through clay. This material afforded the creation of habitats and further exploration of a slugs physical attributes.
The Evolution of Snow
While many adults may have viewed this week’s weather as too cold, too snowy, too warm, and too wet…Studio Purple took it all in stride and made the most of the rapidly changing conditions. From untouched,
“Because Skin is Soft” -Margot
“I am the only ME I AM who qualifies as me; no ME I AM has been before, and none will ever be!” So starts Jack Prelutsky’s book, ME I AM! What makes us who we
Construction
Travers choses a dump truck to haul wood blocks. I’m building a garage. Travers carefully balances various size blocks and moves his vehicle slowly across the rug. Wes, observing Traver’s plan, finds a dump truck to haul more
The evolution of Beautiful Things
In recent days our beautiful stuff has been edited down to smaller items plus some larger cardboard pieces. To inspire continued building, the materials have been placed adjacent to our newly mirrored sensory table. We wondered
Look at this – it’s twisting.
On leaving the museum Elliott spotted George Rickey’s Three Lines. Elliott – Look at this – it’s twisting. Alice – How do you think it is moving?Elliott – I think the snow is pushing it.Addie – Me too.Alex –
A SEKRET IS…
Over the weeks leading up to our winter break we heard much talk of secret codes and plans. Children were whispering secrets to their “teammates” and working with each other to figure out the other
“A slug has teeth.” Zaahra
Bringing the slugs inside, we shifted our relationship with them. Outside, children joyfully searched for the slugs, handling them, giving them food to eat and rocks to climb on. In this way, children were researching slugs