Putting Pigs In Their Places
Lila: The pigs can sleep. Ellie: They’re just sniffing. That’s okay.
Archive for January 2019
Stella’s Necklace
Stella sat down at the clay table and began adding pieces of clay to a length of wire. It turned out she was creating a necklace!
Block Play
Wesley arrives at the blocks. He sets out making a tall structure. It’s a store he says, with two doors where the two large block openings are. He continues building, putting a roof on. One of
“Now I can use my idea that I taught Helen.”
When you struggle to tie a knot, you may just learn more than how to tie a knot. Callen: How do we put this in? Charlotte: Crosses? Helen: We don’t need to tie a knot, you
Exploring Writing
As a teaching team we are constantly listening to and observing the children within the studio. These observations are what help form our curriculum. Before the winter break we were busy working on creating our sculpture
Evolving stories
As we listen and observe, document and reflect, search and brainstorm, we’ve come to realize that some children are more naturally drawn to the written word. Others have found their voices as authors, artists and storytellers
Hat!
We don’t know how it started, but we caught this moment of Livia helping Elliot put his hat on. You can see how he decided that moving to a different location might be better for this,
Rethinking a space.
When we notice a space in the studio being underutilized, we start to ask ourselves questions. Has the interest of the group shifted? When the space is visited, what is happening there? Can we extend the
Wanna see my pages?
Ellie is looking at her summer book. Kesler is nearby and she offers him an invitation: Wanna see my pages? Kesler accepts this invitation and joins Ellie in this activity. They stand together and look through
Sorting Cars
We have been playing with cars this week in Stay and Play. Always a popular activity, it also almost always involves the children sorting and lining up the cars before roads can be driven on, fires