Friday, May 20, 2022

"This might be one of the Coolest Guardians"           Jack 

Rainey has worked for weeks on the various body parts of the clay guardian.  This week, they were willing to let Tucker Room assist with adding colored glaze.  Remy and Bea agreed that the snake head should be blue and purple but left the remaining choices up to Tucker Room. As Jack indicated,  Tucker room children were impressed with  the design and work that went into the clay guardian.
Elle and Jack began their work by studying the images of snakes and ceramic guardians.
     Elle: (Elle spends time looking over the images of the snakes) This (clay scales) look like that (snake).
     Jack: I bet that head is supposed to be that (snake image).
     Elle: The scales and be purple and blue.
   Jordan: You know what’s funny? Those are the colors Rainey Room chose and I didn’t even get the chance to tell you.
      Jack: (Jack studies the ceramic statues intensely) Maybe the skin can be green like those statues.
CC joins after the skin is semi glazed
      CC: There’s a lot of space for the eyes. 
      CC studies the images of the snakes
   CC: (The eyes can be) Black in the middle and purple on the outside. First we do purple, then let it dry, then a little black like the snake.
Audrey and Nora added embellishments. Audrey takes her time and meticulously applied glaze, adding purple to each indentation of the tail . 

Great Games

We brought out an old classic furor games today: Uno.  Children were thrilled to give it a try.
     Lochie: I’ve played this at home!  I'm an expert.
     CC: (Looking at her cards) I get confused between the 6 and the 9.
     Lochie: You just flip the 9 over and it’s the 6.
     Maxon: The circle is on the bottom (for a 6).
Lochie demonstrated his expertise by talking his friend through the initial rounds of the game.  
    Lochie: You can add a card with the color or number. See? (he plays his card on a red seven) You can play a red card or a seven.
     Maxon: (after winning his firs game) We learn from people who win.   It’s my first time but I learned fast!

Later, we brought out Jenga!

Collaborative Collage

Earlier this week, the Brown Room began to work on a huge ginkgo leaf collage.  Using pieces of the beautiful materials that families had shared with us, they glued them into small spaces created by chicken wire.  KW helped with the process today, making this a school-wide collaboration!

This and that...

• Both yesterday and today, children worked on name tags that will be used for the bags containing their KW portfolio work.  As you can imagine, some children were delighted to discover a wide selection of gems to bedazzle their names.
• Messages were also on offer both days.
• Our buildings took on a collaborative element.  Violet started by building her own house, but that was later incorporated into the home of Lochie and Jack.
• And... puzzles!

Enjoy the images and have a wonderful weekend!