“Come closer said the Dark” The Dark by Lemony Snicket
We wish all of our Studio Purple families a joyful holiday break filled with light. We look forward to seeing you all again in the new year! “The laughter of a child is the light
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See You In the New Year!
For those who didn’t make it to the Winter Sing (we hope you are feeling better!) the above photo is from the fabulous group that acted out the children’s stories, thanks to Todd Morton (Chester’s dad,
Look! It’s shoes!
Children have been interested in folding and rolling up their watercolor painting. We decided to take it one step further and introduce painting with acrylic, folding, rolling, and opening to see the surprise! Here, Luca demonstrates:
“You open up rain to make snow.”
“Rain is snow. Snow comes from rain. When snow melts, it makes rain.”-ELEANOR “Snow blasters make snow if it’s cold enough.”-SPENCER “You open up rain to make snow.”-ADA “Water is liquid, so you can’t really open
“It’s for our Sing Party” Jesse
Preparations are underway for our upcoming Winter Sing. We’ve been busy baking, painting, and fine-tuning our singing voices in anticipation of the celebration. We’re looking forward to sharing this special event with those very important people
That’s Not Drippy Droppy!
At our second meeting, before snack, we always play our Face Game. For those of you who haven’t seen this yet, we have cards with all of the children’s names and faces, as well as the
“You have to move your legs!”
Caroline and Kaya have just come in from playing outside in the snow. They are working very hard on getting their snow clothes off so they can join the others playing inside. Kaya begins to struggle
“I’ve never done the storybooks because I don’t know how to write letters” -Liam
Our interest continues in creating books containing stories within. Sharing some of these books during whole group meeting, the children discovered the different ways each other is making their books. Madeline R. and Henry share a
Princess Little Batwing
Lately, Little Batwing has had some struggles with her behavior… Ada Little Batwing’s been jumping on my head, being SO MEAN, and eating candy before dinner! Margot Well, sometimes teenagers don’t do good decisions. Ada Like eating candy
Museum Small Group: Kaya, Kyla, Luca, Ruthie
We’ve been thinking a lot about the deCordova environment, especially through the lens of COMFORT. We wonder how to strike a balance between museum rules – Walking feet, Hands off the art, Normal voices – and