Over the past two weeks, as the snow and ice slowly disappeared outside our windows we brought in some white materials: playdough, ‘floof’ and white paint. Augmented with polar animals and cool-colored glass pieces the children
Experimentation During the past two weeks we have seen children engaged in experimentation using a variety of mediums. In working with the intricate marble run pieces, we have seen persistence and trial and error as children
Old friends and new joined together in Extended Day to start the new year. Take a look at some of the things we were busy with this week.
He was mad! – Alice He was SO grumpy! – Caroline Have a wonderful holiday season! We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year. Best wishes, Kjerstin and Karen xo
On Tuesday we offered colored wax paper, scissors, tape and glue with a prompt to make trees for the characters in some of our favorite books. Wesley, remembering how Big Wolf and Little Wolf climb the
Before Thanksgiving break we observed many bakers and cooks on the playground. Cassie uses a cone to make her cake. Now I need the dirt for the chocolate on top. Cassie gently pats the darker dirt on
Playdough is a familiar material for the children and a freshly made batch drew in all the children this week. A favorite story came back into the studio this week – ‘Scaredy Squirrel’ by Melanie Watt.
Last week we took a walk to see Andy Goldsworthy’s Watershed exhibit. It was lightly raining when we left the school, but on our journey the rain poured down on us. We arrived at Watershed, where
The children have been drawing with chalk on brown paper for a the last few weeks. Some popular themes have been the sun and rainbows. Lily has been focused on drawing a series of suns! I’m
Beading Noticing the collection of leaves after a windy day, we offered wooden, Fall colored beads. We heard conversations about favorite colors and how to make a pattern or a rainbow. Sometimes it was tricky threading
