“I can’t believe we have a pet now.” Elliott
For the past two weeks we have been watching the happenings in our birch tree. A family of robins has taken up residence and have caught our attention. First, we observed long strands of grass being
Archive for 2019
Carrot Spaghetti
Ursula begins her morning, playing with rabbit finger puppets. I am going to make spaghetti! You get all the carrots in the neighborhood and you bake them. These are how many carrots I buy each day.
“I’m lighter than you. Just a tiny bit.”
Do you remember way back, when we began to explore the idea of “You be you and I be I?” What a long journey it’s been! Since we began, we’ve explored looking at, creating, and reading
Puzzling shapes
Recently we have introduced to the children two different types of puzzles. The first one comprised of butterflies that can be interlocked in many different ways and the second is a series of colored fish that
Fiber People
Months ago when we met in a large group to reflect on our fiber installation, the group created a list of next steps they wanted to take to complete the work. We have arrived at the
What do you do with a Problem?
A while back, we wondered how posing problems for the children to solve would reveal for us the children’s developing understanding of themselves and each other. How could solving problems show us the kernels of empathy
Gardens, Bunnies, Birds and Bees
Many children have been captivated while working in the miniature gardens. On a quiet table, facing the window, a child can either have a meditative time alone or choose to play with another child. Two
What would you create…?
Children have been noticing the abundance of activity buzzing about the sculpture park in recent weeks. Several commented on the trucks and equipment that seemed to be a fixture just by the deCordova entrance for quite some
It’s May Day!
As the children entered the studio the morning of May Day there was much buzz as the May Pole had been spotted near the hearts. As Kaya commented “We’re going to dance around.” Charlie was excited
“It looks like we could climb on it.”
As we began to research the work of Sheila Pepe, the children noted that the installation “looked like we could climb on it!” The configuration of the shoelaces, rope and yarn created placement for our feet