Wednesday, November 17, 2021

11/17/2021

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Welcome to KW, Luke!

We are so excited to have Luke with us in KW! Our friends were so excited for him to open his KW 'gift.'

"Finlay has an 'F' in his name. He's going to sit next to me because we both have F's in our name." - Frances

Experimenting with Shape and Line

"Can I show you how? You move (the pencil) around (the edge) until you make a shape." - Jade

"I can make circles, too" - Frances

KW has been using geometrical stencils and in our work as we expand our knowledge of shapes, similarity and relative size. Children were encouraged to experiment with the stencils and transform various shapes and designs. We were fascinated to learn about different shapes, how they connected and what we could transform them into.

Jade uses the stencils in her work. As she draws, Lily join the table and watches Jade.

Jade: I can trace

Jade shows Lily how to use the stencils

Jade: Lily, this is how you make a circle

Jade: "This is a rainbow catcher. It catches them in here (the middle). Then it gets twisted. Then the sun comes into the catcher and gets caught."

Bea studies balls of yarn in the Atelier. She uses a stencil with a variety of circle sizes.

Bea: "I'm making some of the circles the same. I used all the circles.
Jill: "Were you think about the balls of yarn we saw in the Atelier?
Bea: Yea

Lily: I'm making all of them connect!

As we became comfortable with the new tools, friends learn that they could combine the stencil shapes to make new creations.

Bea: I'm going to do all the shapes
Lily: I want this one. It has six sides. I can add six.
Bea: See what I'm doing?
Bea copies the semi circle without using the stencil.
Bea: I'm going to make something cool.
She adds a rhombus and a few diamonds.
Bea: It will be a space ship.

Bea: Thats my face

Finlay

Jade

Lily

Bea: That's a space ship

Lily: Look! They can all connect

Materials Preparation

Thank you so much to the family that donated this lovely jewelry. The children truly love the pieces. We have so many ideas for what we do do with them.

Lily: Can we sew with them?
Bea: Maybe we can make new jewelry with the pieces.
Jordan: How would you make new jewelry?
Bea: We could use wire!
Lily: Or sew new jewelry.

Before we create, however, we have to organize and investigate the jewelry.

Lily: "These are special, Bea.

Wilder: Here, I can help you. Just hold it over (the cup) and cut.

KW children use a combination of scissors and wire cutters to break up the jewelry. After the jewelry is broken up, they are encouraged to sort the beads so that they organized and easily accessible for future projects.

Finlay: "I'm trying to focus."
Finlay separates blue beads from a necklace.
Finlay: "We should make a blue section."
Wilder: "This is the blue section."

Lily: Is this all old jewelry?
Bea: This is from a pirate I bet!
Finlay finds a piece with a large, intricate design
Bea: This is 100 years old. It's very black.
Finlay: Maybe dinosaurs made it!

Fall Collages

Lucas: "We need the glue to work, work, work."

The changing of the seasons has always been interesting to KW. We took the opportunity to think more about it collaging with seasonal found materials. As we worked on our spatial awareness, pattern recognition and fine motor skills, We wondered about what makes something look like Fall and how could we tell.

Cate: I think my leaf was always yellow.
Frannie: I think my lead changed colors.
Bea: Are these fall colors?
Lily: I'm not sure. The brown not so much, maybe.
Bea: When you see these (shiny papers) you have to hold it.
Lily: These are the same materials we did with the the frame (for the light table compositions)