Bird HeadbandsA whimsical repurposing and translation of egg cartons to bird headbands! We love them and the children adore wearing them! They all have so much personality and the children genuinely cannot wait to take them home!
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Homemade Paper with seeds
The children are pressing the excess moisture out of the paper pulp to create a flat piece of paper
Once the paper is dry, we will cut it into small pieces and take it home to plant and watch it grow! Self PortraitsThis week in CW, we continued to work on our self portrait, so every CW child has drawn his self portrait, while others continued to develop their drawing skills.
Betsy
Elizabeth
Lucy
Sander
Thomas
Max
Jake
Maeve
Sewing CircleSome of our CW children absolutely LOVE cross stitching!! they have created a sewing circle and they love to sit together and cross stitch
Small World is BackThis week the children were so so excited to have Small World back 
Construction AreaTheo loves to build airplanes in the construction area and take his friends on far away trips
Self PortraitsWe love working with children on their self portraits at St John's. It is also a wonderful tool to measure growth in children's skills throughout their time here. MondayOn Monday, Eva started to work with the children on their self portrait  Elizabeth
Gigi
Lucy
Betsy
Lily
Tuesday Camila
Susan - " I want to draw myself as a baby!"
Gus was working very hard to draw many details he noticed on his face and said " I have lots of eye lashes! and my smile is wicked!"
WednesdayHenry tried several shade od hair color before finding a perfect matching one. Lily said - " I want to draw the red bow in my hair"
Leo was very interested in watching how Max draws his portrait 
ThursdayElizabeth, Max, Leo, and Lucy worked on their portraits together
Max was excited to draw another portrait of himself, this time wearing a blue flower shirt!
Chasing Rainbows at SchoolBetsy and Lily are catching real Rainbows in the hallway 
Blue StripesThe children mixed different shades of blue to dye the fabric stripes 
 Yellow StripesThe children mix different shades of yellow 
 Indigo and Violet AKA Purple!What colors do we need to make Indigo and Violet, AKA Purple? Red and Blue, the children loved mixing red and blue to create several shade of purple! 
 "We love it !! Now we have to make pink stripes " - BetsyBetsy and Elizabeth - "We have to make pink because we always use pink when we draw rainbows at school" Pink
 Have a wonderful and colorful weekend!!
Let's make a Rainbow! First, let's dye the Red and Orange fabric stripes
 Lily said - " I love to walk through the wet fabric stripes". This picture reminded me of the work of art by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude. The Making of the Yellow StripesLily mixed yellow watercolor and yellow acrylic paint to dye the fabric
The Making of the green StripesMax said when he came to CW - " Brigitte, today we are making green (stripes) then tomorrow blue YaY !!because blue comes after green right?" The children used different type of green dye to color the fabric
Construction AreaThis week, Gus and Henry turned the construction area into a jet and they were flying to Japan
Wire, Buttons and BeadsThis week, the CW children added the final touches to the New Children 's Welcome Message Box! It was a very tedious work, but the children persisted and did a fantastic job! 
Cross Stitching ClubWe love cross stitching in CW
Dru made a flower ! she cross stitched the flower first then she cross stitched the stem and attached them together. Betsy made a cross stitch piece for Tate and decided to make it into a "cross stitch necklace", Tate absolutely adores her new necklace! Small Group ActivityMelanie made fun bird headbands with the children    Table Setting Moments
 Have a wonderful Weekend! We love to go on trips!
 Another Day Another Trip!Theo - " Brigitte come sit at the back of my plane. We are going to Japan, we are taxing right now, then we have to go on four planes! there's a storm, so buckle up"
The Tug of war between the Tuckers and the Raineys was fierce!
 It all started with three Tucker friends against two Rainey friends, but other Rainey friends joined in solidarity! Helping Brown Room with dying fabric stripes was funOur Brown room friends were dying stripes of fabric in the outdoor classroom and left some blank stripes and watercolors for the CW children to also enjoyed the process. Max: "Can we do more tomorrow?"
 More planned trips in the classroomThomas and Theo came up with a fantastic plan to go to Candyland, they will get there by driving a kid jeep, and nobody can stop them. Of course when they get there , they will only eat candy!! how fun!
Theo and Thomas are planning their fun trip to Candyland, then they drew their ideas
Puppy Training SchoolThis week, some of our CW friends decided to create a puppy training school.
Elizabeth was the puppy trainers and Betsy was a well behaved puppy
Light Table WorkThis week the children enjoyed drawing on transparent strips to create a story
Gus's great "Gum"story Message Center, Collages, and More...
Still cross stitching!! YESSome CW children are still excited about cross stitching!
I am making the longest line - SanderSander was wondering if he could make a line out of cubes longer than the low table, and he did as Tommy confirmed
A Bit of Watercolor and Tempera for Springtime Things
Table Setting Moments  
 Come and Get Me...
The CW children are thinking about Spring, they noticed new bugs in the outdoor classroom, new flowers growing, more birds flying around. They are also confuse about the weather, which seems like a battle between Winter, who doesn't want to leave and Summer who wants to rush in. So, we are all patiently waiting for Spring to show up with its milder temperatures and more enjoyable weather!
Monday - CW is in the Middle RoomOn Mondays, we have CW in the Middle room while the St John's staff gather in the Tucker Room for staff meeting.
Maggie is reading a book while the table setters, Betsy and Gigi, set up the table for lunch. Celebrating Spring on the Light TableThis week, the CW children traced DC birds on the light table and more spring flowers 
Working on our Self-Portrait
Life in CW After lunch, the CW children have the choice to either; draw on the light table, make messages, work on a puzzle, build in the construction area, play in the dramatic play area, play games, cross stitch, sew with beads and fabric on a sewing hoop, work on collages, or draw.
"I am So excited to give my friend a message!"- Leo Leo was so excited to give a message to his friend Theo who was working in the construction area
Construction Area "We made a house for the animals" - Henry, Theo, and Maeve built a great building together
Table Setting Moments   Bon weekend!
Persistence - Persistence - Persistence has been on our mind in CW!- Betsy and Elizabeth are so proud of themselves for finally finishing their very hard cross stitch projects that took many many weeks to complete. And, we are also very proud of them. Maeve is also working very hard on finishing her cross stitch project.
 "And guess what?" Betsy said : "I want to start a new cross stitch , a small one for Brigitte to keep" "We want to keep braiding" - Betsy, Elizabeth, Lily, Maeve This week, Elizabeth, Betsy, Lily, and Maeve wanted to make another long colorful braid for their hair. What an amazing skill to have!
"I want to learn how to braid too" - Jake, Dru, and Max
"Look, I made a Rainbow!" - DruThis week, The CW children had the opportunity to sew beads and fabric on a piece of white fabric. Dru surprised herself when she added several beads on her needle and it created an arc, so she happily said, "Look Brigitte , I made a rainbow!" Dru kept on sewing and made several more rainbows!
 Theo was also interesting in sewing Tracing Spring Flowers on the Light Table
Construction and Games Areas
Gus and Theo are also demonstrating Persistence while working on completing a puzzle
Dressing up or pretending to have a baby is also a fun part of our CW days (Theo - Lily) We always love to draw in CW
We LOVE Exchanging Messages
Table Setting Moments
Friday at the Park! Enjoy the weekend!
It's always exciting to be table setters and every Monday morning the children checked the CW attendance board as they are looking forward to their table setting days. Betsy made a message to Camila on Monday to let her know that's she is SO excited to be table setting with her on Friday.
Transition time between lunch and playWhile everyone eat at their own rhythm, children trickled to the "puzzles table" when they are done eating. Puzzles offer some nice thinking skills, we also have some fun games that can turn into interesting play!
Lizzie and Betsy love to add stitches to her sewing projects after lunch, while both Susan and Leo made crowns with the "snap together" game Paper folding for table settingIn CW, we always encourage our friends to finish their works, and we encourage everyone to give the new activity/experience a try. We will be using our paper folding composition as table center pieces
Learning to braid can be tricky!Melanie found lots of pipe cleaners in the Tucker closet and thought children could practice their weaving or braiding skills with them. Then they also tried breading with cording and shoelaces.
ConstructionWe love going up the ladder to add materials on top of our structure
Drawing
Free check ups are always available
Table Setting Moments     
Have a wonderful weekend!
Bonding Over Shared Interests
Max came to school with his little stuff lamb and spent most his day bottle fed him, so Brigitte was happy to share her recent experience feeding a lamb! Welcoming Spring..We were all excited to come back to school and share our fun spring break memories. The children are so happy to have had such incredible weather this week.  Elizabeth drew spring and rain because the flowers need rain to grow. This inspired the other children to draw their version of spring!
Paper FloldingThis week, we are working on our paper folding skills. The children are exploring this through folding paper in various spiral shapes and sticking them on the container lined with glue. They would observe and point out how the paper would move as it slightly unraveled once they let go. Throughout the week they have the opportunity to fill the negative spaces between the spirals with tissue paper, beads and buttons! 
Susan
Construction and Dramatic play Area are buzzing..At the moment, we are offering small world as our table setting materials and as transition from lunch to classroom. Wonderful stories always emerged from playing with small world.
Susan used the clay luminaries as furnitures and one of the luminary's became a bath tub, where the daddy dipped his feet in for the children to wash.
Cross Stitching is still happening
Elizabeth, Tommy, Maeve, and Betsy are still enjoying cross stitching
Which one goes faster? - LilyOn Thursday, Lily, Betsy, and Theo wanted to experiment with speed on the incline with mini skateboards and have races. After many repeated attempts, they learned that the placing of the skateboards determined the outcome of the race, here is a small sneak peek at their experience. Our Table Setters this week...
On Monday, our table setters were Lily and Betsy, we had lunch in the middle room, and spring and Easter were highlighted
 Tuesday was Gus and Lucy's turn to set up the tables  On Wednesday, Jake and Henry were our table setters
On Thursday, Sander and Max were our table setters On Friday, Betsy and Lily volunteered to fill in for Gigi and Camila as table setters Outdoor Fun
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