Newsletter, Mar. 2-5
Dear Studio Blue, We noticed you have been thinking about ways to take care of the baby dolls and your birds. You are finding materials that will protect and keep them safe. You have many questions
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Newsletter, Feb. 24-27
Dear Studio Blue, We have been finding new ways to use the pipes together, creating many new things with clay, continuing to explore pine cones, digging and doing road work outside, playing games with color and
Studio Yellow, Week 21
For some time, we have been witness to some very big feelings in Studio Yellow, not always to the best outcome. In an effort to aid children with identifying these feelings, we shared two stories with
Newsletter, Feb. 3-6
Dear Studio Blue, We had a great week together! You found new ways to work with materials, you noticed each other’s creations and found ways to play together in the Studio and outside in the Park!
Studio Yellow, Week 20
From our deCordova colleagues we heard that there had been changes within the sculpture park. Our favorite sculpture Steven Siegel’s Big, With Rift, where we played hide and go seek and collected worms, had been deinstalled.
Studio Yellow, Week 19
Continuing our work around Gary Schneiders’s Yezerski Family Portrait we created our own black and white display wall. Can you recognize your child’s hand in this Yellow Studio portrait? See if your child can tell you the different
Newsletter, Jan. 27-30
Dear Studio Blue, We had ghost stories this week! We imagined what we might see inside the silver car, or how we might decorate the outside of it. We wrapped rope around sticks for the hawk’s
Studio Yellow, Week 18
In response to our museum visit to Gary Schneider’s Yezerski Family Portrait we offered different provocations within the studio. In conjunction we read Beautiful Hands by Kathryn Otoshi. The book is full of beautiful illustrations by
Small Groups
We’ve been taking small groups out every day, usually four children, usually heading out to the sculpture park and occasionally the museum. There are several reasons for this: • It brings down the volume and activity
Museum Visit: Augie, Camden, Dax, Ferdinand
Augie, Camden, Dax, and Ferdinand visited the museum on Thursday. My biggest impression was that these children are much more capable of making their ideas visible to each other than they were in the fall. They