Hip Skip Sky Blue . . .That's a rhyme we've heard a lot lately! Freeze tag has become quite popular amongst the Tucker Room friends - and on a beautiful day like today, children were happy to spend most of their time outside playing this game. Collage and beading materials were also on offer. Once inside, Jen had a special surprise to share with our group - a real duck skull and birds nest! Friends were able to pass the duck skull around, which was surprisingly light! They recognized features on the skull like its shape and the holes on its beak - "It's like a palatypus beak!", Cassius said. Friends also generated questions and wonderings regarding the birds nest - how Jen acquired it and what it was made out of. After lunch, we headed out on a walk to find a few birds nests that we've heard are in the area. As we've followed our ducklings at the canal, children have become curious as to where exactly these animals live, nests being a theory. On our walk today, we found three different birds nests! Children were curious why some nests were bigger than others. Theories included the birds "moving" as well as the smaller nests being the start of something bigger. Tomorrow, we plan on starting a collaborative nest creation made from natural and found materials in the classroom - stay tuned!
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While on our walks, we often find that children respond to elements of the environment. Children balance along boards and climb on low walls, steps, and inclines. Of course, we love the columns that are on the other side of the bridge over the canal. Enjoy these images and have a great weekend!
Today in Kids' Workshop, children continued reflections from our trip to the waterfront on Tuesday. Photographs where we found "signs of spring" as well as a spring flower bouquet were on offer with drawing and painting materials. Open-ended liquid watercolors were also available. Children enjoyed creating "connect the dots" designs with marker, and then filling in the space with liquid watercolor. Children continued feather materials explorations as well. Using scanned feather arrangements, children added detail to transform the feathers into a variety of (mostly) silly characters. They loved using their imagination and sense of humor to consider silly characteristics for their feather-transformed people. Lila: I'm making funny ones. A funny frog with hair, a funny boy with a mustache and a funny girl. Vivienne: Wait, that's a funny boy with a skirt! Lila: these are the froggy legs and froggy toes. Vivienne: This is a funny girl's face. Lila: Mine's a surprise. Vivienne: This one has no nose and one part of a lip. Lila: Mine has a little bun! Rose: I'm not going to make mine silly. At first it'll look a little silly. This is me in a skirt. Prater: Mine is a mermaid. Vivienne: These do not look like real people. They have one eye! Only the ones with whole lips get a check. And one is not even silly, it's a girl. Lila: Mine don't have legs, they jump around in a sleeping bag. Heading to the Canal tomorrow in search of some ducklings!
Kids' Workshop had a fabulous first day back after Spring Break! Thinking back to one of our most recent trips to the canal, some children commented on the patterns and colors of the ducks, and how their feathers differed from male to female. Remembering these reflections, today we ventured down to the waterfront in search of authentic duck feathers to bring back to the classroom. We brought along some snacks for the ducks as well. As it turns out, we could more seagull feathers than duck feathers, but we're still eager to "disguise" these feathers under the digital microscope, and also observe them further using materials and other tools, too! Children also noticed some "signs of spring" along the way. It may not feel like it yet, but at least visually we can point out a hopeful sign or two! And as we've learned, sometimes the journey is more important than the destination. Various points like the columns, ramps, stairs and (smaller) ledges were exciting features that we had to entertain along our journey today. Enjoy the slideshow and welcome back! |
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