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[above]: Georgia and Adaline compare the actual material to its microscopic image. [below]: The collection of materials they found to look at under the microscope. “We need sply glasses!” - Gracie (September 27, 2022)Why would Toad hide in the outdoor classroom? “There’s brown.” - Gracie “Because Toad is Brown. If I see him with my special eyes [I can find him]. You need glasses because glasses help you see better.” - Adaline “We’re making special eye glasses to look for Toad.” - Caroline “It’s my own Toad spy glass.” - Lou Lou As we began to approach our projected "walk to look for Toad", we asked ourselves, "What do we need?" We thought about all of the things that the children have said that they would need to find Toad: "spy glasses", footprints, special glasses, a fire truck, etc. It felt like it was time to find a creative way to make "spy glasses". Inspired by our gift to the school on it's 25th birthday (the beautiful hoops you see every day as you come up the "Rainbow Steps"), we decided to sew translucent/transparent Toad colored materials onto clear vinyl. **Later, as we took our spy glasses out for our walk, Henri looked up at the gifts and said, "Hey! Look! Those are spy glasses!" We had not told them from where we drew our inspiration. This full circle moment is a beautiful and exciting example of why we document. We were able to draw from Gracie's original idea that she had all the way back in September, a mere 5-6 days after Toad's disappearance, to use "sply glasses". Additionally, the Monday before we made our spy glasses, Adaline suggested that we might need "special eyes". The timing really presented itself, and we believe that it added depth and meaning to the experience of making the spy glasses. The vinyl was fragile and the needles were sharp, but all of the Brown Room children persevered and created a beautiful spy glass to assist us in our search for Toad. Lou Lou, George, Gracie, Will, Adaline, Cully, and Pierce working on their spy glasses. Testing them out
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