Friday, October 19, 2018

Tommy joined KW today! Hugh introduced Tommy to our table setting tradition. Tommy, not unfamiliar with the task as it is also an important part of Tucker Room, went to work creating a beautiful symmetrical centerpiece. 
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​At the end of lunch, we had some visitors: teachers who came to tour our school with Jen. Tommy, Hugh, and Lily answered questions the visitors had about the Tucker Room job chart and calendar work. The children were eager to explain everything.

​Then we went on a field trip, back to the canal to see the ducks. The children asked if we could bring a snack for the ducks so Lily helped prepare bags of duck snacks for our walk. What a perfect day to arrive at the canal with bags full of duck snacks as we saw more ducks than KW has ever seen on previous visits to the canal! During this visit we were also able to walk under Key Bridge to where last year's KW friends left gifts for the ducks. The gifts were no longer there! The children theorized about where the gifts could be, one possibility being that the gifts were in the water where the ducks live. 

On our way back, we stopped to have a water break. Tommy, observing our surroundings asked, "Why does people use bricks to build so many things?" This prompted the children to begin noting the different types of brick we could see all the way back to school. Sam noted white, yellow, and red bricks. Then Lily began noting the numbers on doors as we passed by the houses. She and the other children called out the numbers, "1239!"