Wednesday December 8, 2021

Revisiting Our Mosaic Work

Wow! How did you do this? -  Remy

Rainey Room took time today to review some of their work and the documentation and the process of creating mosaics. The KW children were proud to explain their hard work to their classmates.

Franny: I made this color to look like the sea.
Lucas: Where's mine? Oh, there it is!
Remy: I like Lucas's because it's purple.
Cate: Don't touch it, ok?
Ines: You can keep your arms at your sides or on your hips or somewhere else.

Franny and Wilder Finishing their mosaics with a new technique. Grouting by hand.

Franny: It looks like the ocean. See? It's so pretty

Wilder: I'm going to make pink. This is messy!

Holiday Messages

Children took a variety of approaches to message making.  Jade started with a drawing and then added materials.  Cape loved adding word from old greeting cards, especially the phrase, “merry Christmas.”  He worked to create 3 messages on the first day. Frannie played materials, including glittery paper, for her message.  In the message center, Lily and Bea worked with stencils to create messages full of letters.  Many messages were intended for family members, so check your child’s cubby bag for the next few days. 

 
Frannie - I’m making this for me.
Lucas - Can Frannie make a message for Frannie?
Jill - Yes, that’s fine.
Lucas - Yeah.  It’s a little silly!

Cape - Do you see I put red and green next to each other?  I’m using Christmas colors.  I’ll make a pattern

Jade - (While drawing on her message) I’m making a spider catcher

In addition to collage work, several children elected to work with a needle and threat to make their holiday messages. We practiced our fine motor and sequential planning skills as we sewed today.

Cate: You can sew (materials) onto the back (of the base).
Lily: I'm so good at this

Bea: Lily, you're so good at this!

Cate: This is supposed to be a crazy monster

Capers: This is the stuff I really like. This will be a great  Christmas decoration.

Baking with Jill: Persimmon Bread

One thing KW loves to do is cook. Today, we had the opportunity to make persimmon breads thanks to the wonderful Jill. Measuring, counting, fine motor, following directions, cause and effects. These are all important skills we worked on as we cooked. Plus, the end result is so satisfying. 

​Wilder: Look, I'm putting my other hand here. (demonstrates his plastic ​knife skills) This cuts so easy

​Finlay: I don't like persimmons just plain!!
Wilder: Me and Hugh love persimmons just plain.
Lucas: We need other ingredients
Jade: Like milk and cinnamon.

Wilder: I wish we could taste it now!

Finlay: It's so temping!

Sorry Finlay and Wilder but you will have to wait until tomorrow. All good things to those who wait. But that's ok, the waiting just makes it taste better in the end.