While Melanie and Elyse are sick at home this week, the Rainey Room has been supported by Cece, Molly, Brigitte, Jen, and Jill, but most of all by your children, who are showing us the ropes. They know the flow of the day, and are excellent caretakers of their environment. Below are just a few of the experiences we have had together this week. VERY big clay cats, standing up. Continuing an experience from last week, Gracie and Will used a cardboard armature to add a hollow body to their cat's legs. Adeline, who--a few days earlier-- found a good strategy, offered helpful suggestions. We will share more about this project in the future. Solutions to a problem of perspective: Adeline drew a portrait of her 3 dimensional cat, so that in case it breaks during the drying and firing process, she can make it again. Observing the side view of her sculpture, she said "It's hard. The paper is white on the back and this (the sculpture), you can flip over easily and this (the drawing) you might get two papers-in clay you might not." In essence, Adeline was explaining that the 3D sculpture had two sides--a back and a front-- and in order to draw the "other side" of the cat, she needed to draw on the backside of the paper! Front (left) and back (right) GAMES: Board Games, and Games with Shapes, Colors and Patterns Portraits of Friends Also a continuation of an experience from last week, children have been drawing and painting portraits of their friends Backwards day
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