December 15th, 2021

Holiday Gifts and Messages for Win

Big thank you to all those who joined us in the classroom over these past two days! It was such a treat to watch the children share their beloved classroom space with their favorite grown ups! After parents left us this morning, Brown Room was hard at work preparing our holiday gift for Victor and Lucilla and making messages to welcome Win to the Brown Room in January.

Clear Glazing Our Bowls

The final step to our bowls is adding a clear glaze. Not only does this make them that much shinier and more finished in design, it also helps to keep them food safe in preparation for filling them with cookies! When we unloaded the bowls from the kiln, Isabelle commented that the bowls felt warm particularly “the red one” felt “hot” to her. We left them on a table to cool a little more, and then prepared to clear glaze them. ​

Cal: It will dry?
Fay: or [we could] dry it with towels and then put it in the kiln!
Cal: Ooooh look, it’s almost done
Fay: It looks like you can do that part some more
Fay: That’s Charlton’s (symbol). Look we can paint right here!
Cal: Even on the bumpy bits?
Fay: This one’s dry, we gotta paint this one. It’s like a paintbrush carousel!

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Isabelle: It feels hot. I'm making this for Charlton. Mix, mix, mix. Wow that’s wet!

Ellie: Me want red. 
Ellie: Where’s our friends
Fay: There’s Ford (pointing to the scallop shell symbol)
Ellie: Ford is funny!

Ellie: This is for Victor!
Fay: I think this one is a little dry. We could mix it (the glaze) and pretend it’s cookies in the bowl!

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After glazing, the bowls went back in the kiln, and we will fill them with real, baked cookies tomorrow!

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Messages For Win

In the studio, other children took time to work on welcoming messages for Win Ackerly. Win has joined us several times at the outdoor classroom and during our outdoor clay experience, and will officially begin in January. In anticipation of her arrival, Brown Room worked hard to create messages to fill her mailbox. Using paper, glue and a variety of materials children created meaningful notes where they shared their symbols, their favorite parts of the Brown room and sweet sentiments. We are so excited to officially welcome Win to school in 2022!

Emma: Pink piece of paper. Don’t forget your glue sticks. Willaby Wallaby Woo! Dear Win. Dear Dear Win. My favorite song. Wallaby Wallaby Woo!
Fay: Uhoh…I found a gray one. I did it! I need the top. I made a doorbell.
Ellie: Win.
Bailee: For Win! Dear Win!
Cal made sure Win knew there was a message from him by covering it with his symbol, the grasshopper.
Seon: For Win. A little flower. Message. 
Isabelle: This is for Win. I’m done.

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