Leaving the Nest
Saige brought in a couple of nests this week. One had pieces of blue eggs in it! On Wednesday Emily came to visit us and told us that a snapping turtle had been laying eggs in
Archive for 2018
Getting to Know Our Garden
“Now, my dears,” said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, “you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don’t go into Mr. McGregor’s garden…” Last week we were reading Peter Rabbit, and many children
‘Marshmallows’ unwrapped
The last time we visited the Linde Gallery, Ian McMahon was still in the process of installing his piece, Tether. We felt it was time to introduce the children to the finished artwork. With so many
Inspired by a pencil point
Last week, after sharpening their pencils to a precise point, both Alex and Avery discovered they could make patterns by pushing the point through the paper rather than drawing on it. With the holes revealed they
The Octopus
Just as they have done throughout the year, the children pause and bring to life those spaces in between within the Sculpture Park. During our last nature walk, we first stopped at Secret Tree, dubbed so
A good book
Who doesn’t love settling down with a good book? Visit any LNS studio and you will see carefully curated shelves enticing the children sit and look, wonder, imagine and learn. After lunch is over we invite the
“They’re chrysalises!”
A provocation of a large cut tree limb, clay, bark and sticks was presented to the children. We are often surprised and delighted by what evolves with these simple, yet thoughtful invitations. On this day Birdie
Musings in the Park
A recent visit to deCordova’s Sculpture Park triggered some thoughts from the children of Studio Yellow. Studying Noemie Goudal’s Telluris “I think it is somewhere cold.” – Sofia“I think the blocks are a house.” – Julia“I
Children learn, children teach.
This is what I thought the hotel was gonna look like. If you look at one of the squares and then you look at the other one … 10i. See? 10, i. But, if you do
“It feels like I’m inside a house”
Inspired by the children’s exploration in creating houses and what makes something a house, we brought small groups to visit Saul Melman’s Best of All Possible Worlds. This sculpture consisting of doors in the exact configuration of