making memories of Studio Red
With our year coming to an end, we have been inviting children to understand this transition and the many different feelings it may bring. This past week we hung transparent sleeves on our clips and provided
Archive for 2019
Bugs Everywhere!
Bugs have become a fascination in Studio Blue. The discovery of a tiny visitor inside the studio creates excitement and lots of curious children and adults gather around. After some observation, an adult will carefully bring
It’s so sticky.
For most of the year we have been thinking through cardboard. Cardboard has helped us to express our ideas about ships, shapes, characters, and design. We are now bringing cardboard back to its beginning, back to
Farewell…
In recent weeks, we’ve revisited photos and written narratives in preparation for the closing of our year. With so many experiences both big and small, it’s hard to encapsulate the richness a short year together can
Oh No It Falls!
Lila and Ellie arrange the animals in a circle. The Mommies and Daddies encircle the babies. Let’s put the birds and foxes in there because they are the babies. The big ones are the Mommies and
We didn’t realize we were making memories we just knew we were having fun. -Unknown
Over these final days, we’ve introduced new materials, many with qualities similar to those we have learned our children especially enjoy. As expected, they have been relishing in the novelty of these new materials, often inspired
A new sculpture: Kitchen Trees
On Wednesday, we headed out to see the new sculpture being installed. As always, the “places in between” were also an attraction, so once we took in the installation process, we explored further. Wesley noticed a
Spiders
During the past couple of weeks we have offered the children a selection of materials, clothes pins, pipe cleaners, wiki-stix and a variety of papers. Butterflies, people and bugs were made. A spider made on Friday
Is our boat finished?
For months we have been busy working on our cardboard boat! Each day during our gathering we invited children to sign up for a small group to add new parts to our boat or revise their