Thursday, September 27, 2018

Our Thursday class of Tegan and Lou Lou took off today to see if we could find any curious gardens in the neighborhood.  We didn't get far, before it started to rain a little bit, so we cut our walk short.  This provided the perfect opportunity for Tegan to show Lou Lou the curious garden that has been created in the middle room.  The curious garden has changed since Tegan worked on it with her friends on Tuesday.  She took in the changes and added her own ideas, adding track to a train area that Sam had built in early birds.   Lou Lou enjoyed hearing about the details and started generating her own ideas.  She agreed with the idea, that Louise had come up with previously, that people were needed.  She came up with a family:
    Lou Lou - I need another sister.
   Tegan - Here's another sister.
    Lou Lou - Thank you.  This is a grandmother and this is just a mother, and a sister, and a father, and a grandfather.

Once Lou Lou had established the family members, she needed a home for them.  Her first idea was just to find a doll house and add it to the area.  With a little encouragement, she realized she could build a home for the family.  She started with a basket and found just the right blocks to fashion an elaborate roof.  Before the day ended, both Lou Lou and Tegan added some trees to the setup.  Feel free to stop by the Middle Room to see the every-changing work of the children.

We did get outside for a short walk before the rain started.  We carefully looked a a few places that might be curious garden possibilities.  We will have more neighborhood trips to discover other curious gardens in the coming weeks.