Happy Spring EquinoxToday marks the first official day of the spring season! In our previous post, we shared some of the ways in which the Brown Room children have been researching and noticing early signs of spring. Throughout our research, we have been paying close attention to the gorgeous magnolia tree on our school's front lawn. There’s pink leaves! - Betsy It’s pink flowers. Seeds grow trees. - Lily Seeds grow something. - Gus An early bloom paired with recent cold and windy days have caused many of the petals to fall off the tree, but while in full bloom many children were excited about the idea of creating their own magnolia tree representations. As a group, Benji, Lily, and William agreed that to begin their magnolia tree drawings, they should first start with the tree trunk and branches.
Unsure how to draw the magnolia blossoms, William thought to collect a few petals from the ground and then used these to implement a tracing technique to create some of the magnolia flowers in his drawing! Magnolia Tree Illustrations the Coat of Leaves
Thank you to everyone who came to join us today as the children gifted their incredible coat of leaves to the "biggest" empty tree in front of our school. This was such a special project guided by lots of love and empathy for our beloved neighborhood trees!
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In spring, the leaves will come back. - WilliamOver the past couple of weeks, Brown Room children have been intrigued by the transforming tree outside of our classroom window.
We've also observed new visitors in the outdoor classroom .... To continue our research around the season of spring, we have been venturing outdoors searching for signs of growth and change, both in large groups... The cold is going away, it’s not here. - Lily We don’t need jackets. - Elizabeth The sun is shining. - William There’s so much pink outside. - Benji and in small groups ... Eloise, Lily, Noah I see something sticking out of the sticks! - Eloise Eloise notices some signs of new growth on the ginkgo tree branches. We need a giant to see those branches! - Lily While Lily attempts to look for changes in our tall neighborhood trees, she notices that are might too high to see clearly! Finding the budding hyacinth to be particularly interesting, Eloise, Lily, and Noah brought an image of the plant back to the rest of the children in the classroom. Everyone hypothesized what this plant might transform into as it continues to grow! Lily: It looks like corn. Van: Turtles. Nadia: A berry plant to grow purple berries. Eloise: I think it’s a blackberry. Gus: Tulip flower. William: It might be seeds. Into tulips. Thomas: It’s a little banana. Noah: Looks like ice cream! Thomas and Isa Yes, let’s look for signs of spring! I have my shoes on so I’m all ready to go. Maybe we’ll find a foxtail. We might see bugs! A ladybug like Betsy’s symbol. - Thomas Betsy, Gus, Harry I found little tiny flowers right here. - Gus Gus: Daffodils! Betsy: They look like carrots. Gus: They smell like soap.
That squirrel went up the magnolia tree! - Gus Monsters, Krakens & Dragons, Oh My!The Brown Room children continue to engage in complex, collaborative dialogue about the features of monsters, what they do and where they might come from. Over the past week, we've offered a variety of opportunities for our friends to bring their many ideas to life. Inspired by the raven, a creature we read about in The Book Of Mythical Beasts & Magical Creatures, William draws a "Rainbow Bird creature". Gus and Benji were both inspired to paint the Kraken. Many children used LEGO to represent their monsters. Some have begun making clay monsters. We look forward to sharing more of those soon, but please enjoy this sneak peek .... Knowing that our friend would be away traveling for the month of March, we wanted to make sure that we celebrated Dahlia before she left for her trip to Colorado! Let's get it to the tippy top. I'm doing it like Eloise! - Nadia "Will her love it?" Nadia asks her friends Noah and Eloise if they think that Dahlia will love the weaving they created by working together.
Happy Birthday Dahlia - We Love You There's a new interest in the Brown Room...M O N S T E R S !Monsters have dangerous teeth for biting things. Like trash! - Betsy Monster do a big rawrrrrrrr. - Elizabeth Monsters have white claws. - William Monsters are dangerous. - Noah A monster is silly! - Lily A monster is red. Has a red face. - Gus The bodies are brown. - Van Monsters are pretend. - Van Some are real and some are pretend. - Lily The children have started sharing their many ideas and curiosities about monsters and we would like to continue to research this intriguing topic together.
If you happen to have any monster related books at home that you are willing to let the Brown Room borrow for a bit, we would love to read them together in the classroom. Thank you! |
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