Interviewing FayBefore the winter break, we celebrated Fay’s 4th birthday. To prepare for her special day and birthday gift, the birthday committee interviewed Fay to find out more about her and her interests.
Deciding on the GiftFollowing the interview, the birthday committee discussed how they could incorporate Fay’s interests into her gift. Her love for excavators especially stood out to them. What did Fay tell us about yesterday? Isabelle: Excavators. What do excavators do? Ellie: Excavate on a road. Isabelle: Scoop. Pick up things. What should we make for Fay’s birthday gift? Isabelle: An excavator! Charlton: I have an excavator at home. Seon: I also have an excavator. It digs very well but it’s kinda broken. The children knew that Fay wanted an excavator, but through discussion about excavators they thought beyond the most obvious gift. They came to the conclusion that they would make her a construction site for her excavator at home. Where does an excavator dig? Cal: In the dirt and it’s got a big arm to build a house. Isabelle: It digs and scoops. Ellie: It’s scooping. It’s for construction. Seon: The construction site. Emma showed the birthday committee pictures of a construction site. What can we find at the construction site? Seon: Different kinds of vehicles and I see some buildings. Charlton: This kind of sand (pointing to the dirt). Seon: We could make her something brown. A tiny little vehicle. Super tiny. Some dirt. It will be a pretend construction site. Planning the Construction SiteThe birthday committee began planning the construction site. They started with drawing blueprints of what it might look like after examining different images. "It’s an excavator. That’s the scooper. A lot of dirt." - Ellie
"An excavator works in the construction area. There’s dirt and tracks! The excavator makes the tracks. I want to draw the tracks." - Cal Cal puts an excavator toy on his paper: Now the excavator can drive on it. Assembling the MaterialsUsing their blueprints, the birthday committee broke ground on the construction site using various materials such as rocks, small bricks, trees, pieces of metal and wood, crumpled paper, and dirt. They even created construction cones by rolling small round pieces of orange paper. What do we find on a construction site? Seon: Dirt. Some trees. Isabelle: Dirt. Cal: A lawnmower. Seon: Outside there was a real life construction site. It was very big. Cal picking up round pieces of wood and metal pieces from the provocation: Those are extra wheels in case the excavator broke these are the tools. "You have some cones for safety. " - Seon Cal: I’m gonna glue the dirt. Ellie: Me too. Seon: Just a little bit, Ellie. Seon: She can move around the excavator on here. And if it gets broken she can use the tools. The trees are not stable. I hope Fay likes it. What do you think she will like about it? Seon: She can dig the dirt with her excavator. Seon folding small orange paper: It’s a stick for construction or maybe a telescope for construction. I think it looks complete. Mimi observing the birthday committee's work: It looks like a small world to play in. The Finished GiftThe CelebrationFay’s mom, Paige, and her dad, Pack brought in homemade banana bread with chocolate chips in for Fay’s birthday snack. It was baked with love with the help of Fay's little brother Van. The Rainey Room children and teachers loved the snack. We then went over to the birthday blanket where Fay’s mom and dad read us two of Fay’s favorite books. The first was called Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker and the second was called Mermaid School by JoAnne Stewart Wetzel. We then sang Fay the birthday song and she walked around her birthday candle four times to symbolize her four rotations around the sun. Finally, the birthday committee presented their gift for Fay. We hope you had the best birthday, Fay!
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