The big, humongous, giant, famous instrument

Our recent exploration in the studio involves this collage (right) which was originally named "The Big Humongous Workshop" (Lucy). 



​Today we traced components of the collage and labeled certain pieces as drums, flutes, trumpets, and more.

(While tracing...)
Alex:  I’m working on this heart.
Jay: I’m working on this drum.
Ellee: I’m working on this flute.
Alex:  This heart is a drum.  Melanie, this is a trumpet.  My cousin taught me how to draw fast... PJ.  She’s like an artist.
Alex:  That’s a trumpet, that’s a saxophone and that’s a tuba.
Melanie:  This is the Big Humongous Workshop, right?
Ellee:  But it’s not a workshop, it’s an instrument.
Melanie:  So it’s not a workshop?  What should we call it?
Ellee: Giant Instrument.
Bruno: Famous instrument.
Melanie:  What makes it famous?  Do people around the world know about it?
Bruno:  Yeah.  Everyone knows it.
Ellee:  When you blow on it, it shoots out money.
Alex: You could spread it all around, then people would come piling into the school.  Every second people would be coming to look at this instrument.
Melanie:  People from all over the world?
Alex:  Maybe.  Even kings and queens.
Bruno:  Because it’s so COOL.  Because it’s so big. ​

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Paint Mixing...

Lucy: Woooah. Yellow and white can make orange.... (keeps mixing) Light yellow and pink make light orange!

Cassius: This looks so yummy. This looks like licorice.

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Mac takes care of the babies...

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A classic singalong activity... 

​Rockin' in the boat and the tide rolls high
Rockin' in the boat and the tide rolls high
Rockin' in the boat and the tide rolls high
Catch me a pretty one by and by
Catch me a pretty one by and by