Happy birthday, Nadia!When it was time for the Brown Room children to interview our friend, Nadia, in preparation for her birthday committee, they had a sneaking suspicion that Nadia would share that her favorite color is purple. Nadia has purple shoes. - Elizabeth Because Nadia likes purple. - Eloise Our friends were delighted when Nadia agreed; her favorite color is, indeed, purple! With that knowledge in mind, Nadia's birthday committee settled in to mix the purple that would be added to the frame of Nadia's weaving. We remembered that Nadia really enjoyed working with leaves to make leaf prints. Inspired by this, we decided to paint the frame of Nadia's weaving with a special, new tool - a leaf! I'm putting purple around this. - Eloise With the leftover purple paint, the committee headed to the easel to begin work on Nadia's birthday message! On the next day, they set to work to weave! The finished gift ....Time to celebrate!BabiesIf you have had the chance to stop in the Brown Room recently you may have noticed our "baby area". Stemming from a mutual fondness for babies and the shared experience of having younger siblings at home, we wanted to foster both this interest in caregiving and the growing awareness of each other's families through the addition of baby dolls in the classroom. Thank you to everyone who donated some baby items to add to this space in our classroom! We now have plenty of bottles, clothing, blankets, pacifiers, diapers, utensils, and toys to help care for our babies. Recently, while we wait for everyone to arrive for the day, children have started gathering in the baby area. This has offered opportunities for relationship building as well as extended discussions and information sharing about our individual families. What do we know about babies? Babies play... They like to play. She (Katherine) does tummy time. - Thomas I like to play with him (Lucas). He likes everything. He likes a duck. A yellow one. A nice duck. - Lily My baby likes the avocado. It goes shake, shake, shake. It’s soooooo soft. - Thomas She (Charlotte) likes the monkey. She shakes it. - Eloise She (Isabelle) does a shaker. Purple. Shake it. - William Babies eat... Babies burp... Babies get gas. The Mommy burps him. - Lily Mommy burps Lou. - Harry Sometimes they do spit up after they have milk. - Benji Mommy wears a towel (when she’s burping Lucas). - Lily Babies sleep... Caring for the Brown Room babies Elizabeth kisses her baby and says, "have a good sleep." William does the same. While caring for their babies, Benji, Dahlia, and Harry incorporated the idea of washing the baby clothes and doing laundry into their play and conversation. Benji and Harry cover a basket full of baby clothes with a blanket :
Benji: We need to do laundry. Put clothes in there. Now we need soap. Harry goes to retrieve a small block. Harry: This is soap. Dahlia: Then we need to fold. It’s ready! Harry: We need to wait. Benji: For the clothes to be ready. Dahlia: You’re right. Turn it on! What’s gonna happen? Benji: It bubbles.
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