Something New with GlueYesterday children used glue in a new way... they drew with it! Bea explained the process: "You take a paper and then you draw with glue. Then you wait until it dries and then you paint and let it dry." The children recently made individual and collaborative mosaics and this process will yield a mosaic-like result. The process also connects to the negative-space watercolors that children did last month.
Transforming our PrintsAs children worked with dendritic prints last week, they had several ideas about what the resulting work resembled. "Seaweed" was a common repose and Finlay thought his blue print looked like the ocean. Children were invited to transform some of their prints, perhaps collaging underwater scenes. We had done another kind of printing in 2021, and asked children to cut them and use them in other work. At that time, they had been resistant, perhaps not wanting to damage their previous efforts. Yesterday, they were willing to transform some of their prints into new possibilities.
As these three children worked on their multi-media creations, they often shared ideas. Jade - (Looking at one of her prints). This looks like a sunset, or a brain, or seaweed. Cate - Can I draw on here? I can draw seaweed. Jade - I'm going to make a submarine. Cate - I'll do a submarine, too. Look at this fish.... with bubbles. Remy - That's ( a curvy part of her drawing) the rollercoaster that makes hearts. The fishes' hearts. Jade - There's a snowman under here. It's cold water. I'm making purple and blue and green seaweed. And orange. From Transformations to Transformers!Jade - I think Jordan would like this field trip, but he's not here.
During our walk, it was clear that children had several neighborhood landmarks in mind. They remembered which house Frannie's grandfather lives in and many children recognized the bagel shop. As we were walking back to school, we decided to head up the hill and past the front of Holy Trinity. Cate- Yes, that's the only way to get to O Street. A Look at TablesettingIn the Five Things email last week, it mentioned that the next PTC meeting would feature short videos from each class. KW was thinking of sharing table setting videos, but we've decided to go a different direction. We thought we would share them here instead. As they set the table, children love to develop beautiful centerpieces. You will also notice that sometimes a child will add an individual item (e.g. a shell) for each child. As children put out the name cards, they are working with counting and one-to one correspondence. They also make thoughtful decisions about who should sit where. As you can see, this relatively simple, everyday experience combines, creativity, cognition, and social elements.
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A quick look at our week...We are very excited to have a week of sunshine and milder temperatures this week. We will take both groups for a neighborhood walk to see the Transformer statues near Georgetown University. Our materials work will connect to this trip and to our recent mosaic and printing work. We will again explore the concept of negative spaces with a glue and paint experience. Children will work to transform their prints into new creations. Thinking and talking about the school's birthday and making Valentine-inspired messages will round out our week,
Collaborative Construction
A building began, Jack expressed a desire to build his own building. Although he started out working by himself, other joined him later. Eventually his hollow block home included a kitty zone, a kitty room, and a road leading to it.
This and that....We filled the rest of our afternoon with stories, messages, puzzles, building princess castles at the light table, and several exciting rounds of high card! Hello Tristan and Jordan!We thought you would like to see the latest pics from Jordan. Tristan get more handsome every day!
Printing Party!This week, we introduced a new way of printing. It's known as dendritic printing and the process goes like this: Lucas - First we painted on the glass and then we smushed it with another glass. Then we put paper on both glasses and roll it. Then we write my name and then we're done! As children worked, they had these responses: Cate - (Starting with silver printers ink) Look at mine. It's sparkly, from the sun. Remy - It's beautiful. Cate - It's a different kind of printing (from other printing experiences). Remy - It looks like branches. Jade - Or seaweed. Lucas - It's kind of like veins. Capers - I'm trying to make it like seaweed on the paper. That's why I'm rolling so much. Jade - You can press really hard on the glass. Finlay - Look! I'm making the ocean. A Construction Challenge
Wilder - I think it's going to fall. Lucas - It won't fall. It's criss-cross building! As seen in the photos above, children added the school building next to the bell tower. Important steps in our process were adding roof pieces, an actual bell for the bell tower, and adding watercolors that represented the school. As the building process finished, children stepped back to evaluate their work. They felt they had successfully accomplished the challenge and created the school. There's interest in building a zoo next. We'll keep you posted!
A quick look at our short week...Welcome to February! Due to our admissions play dates on Friday, this is a short KW week. Rainey Room will explore various printing techniques and try their hand at big buildings in the construction area. Weather permitting, Tucker Room will walk to the canal and the waterfront on Thursday. The Rainey children took this walk about two weeks ago and Cate declared it was "the funnest day ever!" Throughout the week, we will also continue to talk and think about the school's birthday and work with valentine inspired messages,
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