Where’s the Beef?
Every year we wrestle with snack! Have we served it too late? Too soon? Given too much? Too little? We’ve been feeling like children are getting bigger and hungrier, ready
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Our visit with Ian McMahon
One of the tremendous benefits of being ‘Children in Residence’ is the opportunity it provides for interacting with deCordova’s exhibiting artists. This week we were fortunate to have an intimate meet and greet with artist Ian
Experimenting with eyedroppers
Experiment – verb – try out new concepts or ways of doing things We wondered what the Studio Yellow students understood about the concept of experiments. Therefore we posed the question at meeting – What is
“I was trying to make a helicopter but it didn’t work.” Ray
Sometimes the most wonderful discoveries are made when we are trying to accomplish something else. When our efforts fail we often shift our thinking and we see possibilities. Are you making tops? Maren Let’s see if
We won’t have enough paper or paint! Lyla
Oh yeah, it has those brown lines down. And little squares. Vivian I think we are going to have enough ponds because we are up to 51. Vivian has 51 and I’m not even done yet.
Never Giving Up – musings on understanding friendship
They’re my friendThey’re my friend.How about they can be all of our friends.No, I want them just be my friend. – Studio Blue children last year (2016-17) Friendships can truly be trying. It is a big
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Touching Pushing Smoothing Patting Pinching Poking Lifting Slicing Digging Smearing Rolling Collecting Squeezing Clawing Piling Balancing Peeking Inserting Pounding Curling Attaching Investigating Filling Pressing Connecting Inventing Building Offering Sharing Collaborating
“This one’s definitely for me!”
When we last left off with our transportation small group, Henry was going to ask his mom and dad about hot air balloons, in order to help Sylvie figure out how they fly. “The fire helps
“A scientist knows everything that is interesting!”
Our “me” small group met recently. You might recall that when we met last, there had been some discussions about x-rays… “So we could learn more about the body! X-rays helps us see inside of the
Moving from Disappointment through Play
While we were on the playground, a small group went for a walk, and Thomas wasn’t included and seemed to feel left out. I (Mark) sat down beside him to give him some company. He said