Sheila Pepe and her fiber work have inspired much thinking within Studio Red. The connections children have been making to Sheila Pepe and Hot Mess Formalism extend well beyond our own fiber installation that now hangs
On Wednesday, Johann’s bird found a perfect place to rest. That same day, Lila’s baby also enjoyed it. On Thursday afternoon, Sheila Pepe visited the studio, and we all had a wonderful chat – and she
A delicate touch was needed to construct with our new table top blocks this week. As the children worked we witnessed many ideas and skills being utilized and tested. Hand-eye co-ordination concentration patience spatial awareness math
We have set up an area with little wooden birds, and we see children drop by here to check it out, sometimes just briefly, and sometimes to create a whole environment, as Josie and Kesler did,
As the bird play in Studio Blue had dwindled recently, we wondered if opening up the area where our birds are kept might encourage the children to engage in a different way. We removed the large
We made some changes to the classroom, one of which was removing the large wooden blocks with the hollow centers from the block area and replacing them with long unit blocks, and the play here changed,
Elliot and Jamie were working together filling a wagon with dirt. When they determined their work was done, Elliot tried to pull it out of the sandbox. Jamie noticed Elliot was having trouble… I can help!
Upon arrival, one morning, Lila sits down at the table to draw. I’m gonna color mama. And my house. And a lion. I did his face. Look, the eyes… She uses the purple pencil to mark
Our ongoing desire to understand more how empathy evolves in young children has led us to provide opportunities with the children to discover ways to understand themselves and others. Facial expressions and body language are rift
Every visit for every child is unique! Chris: Relation Chris is verbally inquisitive, asking questions, stopping and looking, devoted to his relationship with Julie, as we’ve seen during her visits in the classroom (here, Chris shows
