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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
