Reflection
How do we form and shape our identities? For several weeks now, we have noticed Kaya pausing throughout the day to look at his reflection in the mirror. He experiments with different facial expressions and poses,
Archive for April 2018
The hardest part is not coloring it in. Beatrice
Zaarha’s creature.Lyla’s creature.Brooke’s creature.Ryan’s creature..Jane’s creature.Chester’s creature..Chester’s creature..Beatrice’s creature.Charlotte’s creature.Vivian’s creature..Ray’s creature…Maren’s creature.Arya’s creature.Sevi’s creature.Charlie’s creature.Graeme’s creature.Birdie’s creature.. Over the past few weeks the children have been drawing the final creature they created from the parts
Doctor – Patient
Jonah- I was running at the pool and BOOM, I hurt my foot. I ran on the stone floor, bump, bump, bump OUCH!- Jonah bandages his own foot, carefully twisting and tying. He then announces, Oh Oh now
A trip to the hospital
Over the past few weeks we have been enjoying using the bakery set up by Studio Yellow. The food the children were making in the bakery began to be used for the animals in a different
“We are figuring out which one they like more.” RYAN
In the back of our studio, against the garage door, you will find our slug habitat. You will read Birdie’s sign and know that yes, the slugs are still alive and living inside. You will also
“How can we know what to draw if we don’t know?”
Once again, the children in Studio Purple have become enraptured by a new book. This time the tale is a much beloved imaginative story by Roald Dahl. The Minpins interestingly enough is Road Dahl’s lesser known
Studio Purple visits with a “real artist”
While previewing Tuesday’s museum visit with exhibiting artist Ian MacMahon, several of the children remarked that they knew we were going to visit with a “real artist” today. Outside the museum, as our first group waited
Acting Out “The Way Back Home”
Today at meeting we acted out The Way Back Home (by Oliver Jeffers). We had read the book several times at meeting and also a couple times during snack, upon request, so the children were very
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
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