Our clay symbol work has continued, but we are discovering that the clay may not be the best material for this work because they keep cracking. So far, we have only one symbol that has made it in and out of the kiln without cracking. The children's investment and hard work have been incredible to watch though. Next week, we will be introducing another way to think about our symbols for a "symbol curtain". Our hope is that these new materials set us up for more longterm success with creating the symbols and turning them into our very own symbol curtain.
As with many of our other clay symbols, Pierce's first version cracked in the drying process. He responded by saying, "That's okay. I can make "Vs" again." Each time, he counted the points of his star, shaped the Vs, and connected them by scoring and slipping. **Unfortunately, his second version has also cracked, but it did make it to the kiln. Like with George, we will share this with him and invite him to help us problem solve.** Remembering the Outdoor ClassroomDuring our most recent backwards day, we started a conversation about the upcoming changes to the outdoor classroom. As you will all know, the school is fundraising for updated equipment and design space for the outdoor classroom. The children were very curious about what would change, where it would go, and what would come next. We gathered for an outdoor morning meeting to discuss this: “Is the big boat going to go away too?” - Adaline, 4.4 years “I thought she meant that boat.” - Will [referring to boat/steps] “I was.” - Adaline “Is the sandbox going to be gone too?” - Georgia, 4.2 years I can tell you that the sandbox is not going to go away. - Elyse “Yeah because it’s stuck to the ground.” - Gracie, 4.3 years “The mulch is going to stay.” - Adaline What else do you want to stay? - Elyse “I want the ship to stay.” - George It’s not going to stay. - Elyse “I want the mushroom table to stay.” - Georgia “If the boat’s not going to stay how are Henri and George can’t play banjos anymore? I also want to say that construction area and baby bed stay.” - Gracie “What if we don’t have the climber, what will we do?” - Georgia “We can just get it back.” - Christopher, 3.11 years Do you all know who put the swing there? - Elyse “My daddy!” - Georgia “How will he get up there [to take down]?” - Georgia “Maybe he will just climb up the next ladder to get it down” - Gracie Gracie, what vehicle did we see last night? The construction vehicle… - Susan “Cherry picker.” - Eliza, 4.3 years Do you guys know what a cherry picker is? - Elyse “It’s a truck with a bucket that fixes lights and cuts down trees.” - Will, 4.5 years “And it sort of picks up people.” - Gracie Can you get a cherry picker into the outdoor classroom? - Elyse “No. It’s too big.” - Gracie You can’t drive it through the fence over there? - Elyse “No, it’s too small.” - Gracie How are they going to get the cobb house out of here? Who’s going to pick it up? “My dad.” - Georgia “Or a forklift truck.” - Georgia “A flatbed carrier.” - Henri “Maybe a forklift will pick it up and put it onto a flatbed.” - Will “Maybe he’ll dig down with a truck to get it out.” - Adaline “Maybe they’ll break it.” - Christopher “Maybe they will bring the top of it and then crush it down to a flat pancake.” - Gracie What do we want to remember about the outdoor classroom? What do we want to remember about the outdoor classroom? “The cobb house.” - A few “The slide.” - Eliza “The climbing wall.” - Zoe, 4.0 years “The slide.” - Win, 4.7 years How can we remember the cob house? “Take pictures of it.” - Gracie “Draw it.” - Zoe "I can hold the picture in my mind." - Gracie
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