Thursday, November 21, 2019

Jack in KW!

We are thrilled to have have Jack join us in KW for today and tomorrow! Jack helped "shake those 'simmons down" for our backing project tomorrow, set the table with Austin, and joined the light building work for today. 

Light Building

In our work of building with light, we invited the Tucker Class to join us. We left our building for them and then they responded to us, and we responded to them, and so on.
Here's a look at some of the back and forth creations: 

"I'm starting to love KW." -Jack

Thoughts on light and reflection...

During meeting and lunch, children had thoughts to share about light and reflection. Some of these thoughts they return to over time, adjusting and adding to their thinking. For instance today children try to further define reflection, what it does/how it works, and what relationship exists between light and electricity.

Austin: "Reflection is on shiny stuff." 
Grace M.: "Light is a kind of electricity but it's not. Half electricity and some is  just not."
Jack (new to the conversation seems to add to Austin's thought by thinking about different perspectives): "If you're really down low and you're looking at something, it will get narrower and narrower."
Grace M: "Light is like electricity because it's hot."
Jack: "It can electrocute you."
Sally: "You know, lighting is light and it can burn you."
Sally: "Metallic things, like over there (points to faucet) the light shines on it and it makes a copy, like the window shines on it."
Sam, looking at the window with the children's rainbow art: "Once, when I was eating my lunch there was a rainbow on my hand. There was a rainbow in the window and on my hand."
Evelyn: "Did you know the sun is 100 degrees and it lights?" 

Drawing and Painting our found Light and Shiny Items

Children were invited to draw and paint light sources found on our walk yesterday and/or depictions of some of our shiny/reflective collection. A few items the children chose to draw and paint today were a menorah, copper brillo-like material, and brass handle. Here are a few comments from the children while they worked:

Leigh: "It goes in the wall and it protects the wall. Light is inside it and it makes the wall shiny."

Sally: "It's a shiny heart. I call it glowing, flying heart. Sparkling, glowing, flying heart. That's the sun and it's reflecting on the heart." (She works some more.) "I did a bouquet of flowers."

​Lou Lou: "I saw a lot of Christmas stuff yesterday, so I painted that. Here's two Christmas trees."

Grace M. (Referring to the shiny silver & golden shapes) "Those are the shiny handles." (That she saw on yesterday's walk.)

As the Thanksgiving Feast approaches, we are wrapping up details on our lanterns. Today we completed our clay lanterns. We can't wait to celebrate with you next week!