Ellie - (Pointing to elements in her design). That's the home for the turtle.  The turtle in a storm.
     Grace M. - What are those green lines for?
     Ellie - That's the ocean.
     Grace D. - What are those purple lines for?
     Ellie - That's the storm.
    Sam - I have a question, what it that red thing for?
    Ellie -  That's the mom.
    Leigh mentions that her design is hard to see and that she might want to give it a white background.  Ellie disagrees,  

Ellie has determined that she is done gluing the design and her next step will be figuring out how to attach this work to the headband base.
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   Grace D.  - Floppy, floppy, floppy, that's what I didn't like about it.
    Joslin - It's really floppy.
   Ellie - How 'bout she can collage it and use tape so it can stay on her head?

Today Grace worked with wire tools to really twist the wire tightly.  The  head band became far less floppy!   While we were working, Grace reported.
   "We had another problem, but we solved it."
Grace worked to cover the pointy wire ends with beautiful ribbon, so they won't poke her head as she wears the headband.  She also added some padding, where it was uncomfortable on her head.  
    

   Grace M. - (Pointing to her butterflies). This is eight years old, and this is four years old and this is eight years old.  I'm building her tentacles.  I don't know how the antennae are going to go on her head, so I'm going to think about that for awhile.
     Louise - Why didn't you put beads on that one (one of the butterflies)?
     Grace - Because I'm not done with it.
    Joslin - You could get a piece of wire and use that for the antennae.
   Grace D. - Maybe this is the same as what Jossie is saying, but you could just keep the wire straight  and twist them.  (She gestures showing antennae straight up from the head.)

Grace continued working with wire today.  At one point she stated:
"You know mistakes are good because now you know what to do."
  

 
   
     Sam - I wanted to make new things .  I wanted to make it a little funner, so I made the ammonites that go in the water in the time of the dinosaurs.
     (It was noted that the Sculpy material hasn't dried, so it    still bends and breaks at times.)
    Joslin - I think maybe you should put a little strong stuff on it so it could attach...you could put glue to stick the parts to each other. and to the headband.
    Grace D. - I like Sam's because I like the blue parts and the green parts.  To make it a little strong we could add a little more color to make it stronger.

Sam continued working today.  As he worked, he continued to reflect on his process:
"Let me tell you why I unrolled the dad (ammonite).  Because that wire was too strong for me to twist."

 

   Leigh -It can't fit on my head.  This rainbow I made with beads.  This glue (Mod-Podge) I put on because the beads won't fall off when I'm wearing it.  (Leigh continues to discuss the bead color choices she made and how it differs from Lou Lou's headband.)
    Grace D. - Maybe wire would work (to put it on her head).
     Leigh - If I put it around, it will wobble back and forth.

Leigh continued working today.  She twisted wire together to make the base structure for her headband.  When it's attached, we can see if it wobbles after all!
She also suggested the current headband might fit Reed.... or perhaps Isabelle.
      

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  Louise - This is my headband.  I collected these butterflies.   I put red tape around the wire (base) because it was pokey.
   Grace D. - That looks gorgeous.
    Joslin - Louise, are you going to add more to the wire-y part of the headband? 
       Grace D. - I have a suggestion,  that you can... press it... because it's a little bendy.
       Louise - I like it like that.

Louise continued to add more items to the wire-y part today.

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A couple of weeks ago while reading Sofia Valdez, Future Prez, children became engaged in conversation about whether or not they thought a girl could be president. The conclusion, for most of the children, was that they were not sure as they have not seen proof of a female as president. Since Virginia had it's primary election this week and most of the children who were a part of the conversation were here today, it seemed fitting that we revisit the topic.

​We began by reminding the children that someone had said girls can't be president. 

Lane: "Where's my flag?"
Jessica: "Why isn't there a flag for our country?"
Jack: "Because we haven't had a girl (president)."
(some discussion)
Jessica: "Who thinks they might want to run for president one day?"
Several hands shot up.
Margaret: "I'm thinking maybe."
At the end of our discussion most, if not all, hands raised showing the children considering the possibility of their being president one day. ​Likewise, it seemed they were in agreement that a woman could be president someday.