A Convergence of Mapping, Felt and Drawing, pt 2
We began laying out the big gray felt sheet and the smaller blue rectangle that are used in our “face game” in the middle of the floor, along with a basket of rectangles of felt that
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Can you guess my rule?
A simple game can bring such joy and reveal our thinking! During transitions to the rug we have been playing different games with the children. This week we invited them to play the game on
How can we use these tools with clay?
Last week, we presented the children with a collection of handmade tools. In small groups we invited them to examine the objects and choose one to draw from observation. We wondered together, WHAT COULD THEY
Which one works the best?
Last Monday, Diane began work with a small group of three: Chester, Maren, and Brooke. She invited them to create a video about how to build a catapult. The children decided that they want the video
Why we draw from observation.
“I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen…” –Frederick Franck An object, brought back from an adventure in the woods, is currently the focus of our observational drawing. As we
“Hey! That’s Not Even a Story!” -Britton
As we have narrated “stories” and even created “books” in Studio Purple, we’ve wondered what the children know or understand about “What makes something a story? How do we know something is a story?” “Pictures.” -Sylvie
“Screens” artists Studio Yellow
As we listened to the children’s language around Penelope Umbrico’s piece (Out of Order: Bad Display,) we noticed a great interest around color, form and shape. This inspired the introduction of a variety of new explorations
A Convergence of Mapping, Felt and Drawing, pt 1
Our interest in community has been gradually extending beyond the confines of LNS. We began the year “playing the face game” in meeting before snacktime to help the children learn each others’ names, incorporating Nancy, Emily,
How do slugs eat? A conversation.
The group conversation is a way for children to think together around one idea. It is a way for them to build off of each other’s observations and to challenge existing understandings. While watching a
“This one works the best.” Birdie
“A catapult is a thing you put one thing down and you put another thing down and you shoot something.” -Sevi Children have been returning to the catapults, constructing and reconstructing these levers to test