Friday: Singalong and Backwards Day

Singalong in Blake Hall

Today's singalong was led by the children of the Tucker Room. Win, who will begin school in the Brown Room after the winter break, joined us for Backwards Day in the Outdoor Classroom and Singalong. The setlist included:

• Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
• Jingle Bells
• Sleeping Bunnies
• Frosty the Snowman
• Bubblegum
• Oh My Aunt Came Back
• Sticky Marshmallows

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The Outdoor Classroom 

The children have learned that most of our indoor experiences can happen outside as well on Backwards Day. In the outdoor studio, the children continued working on holiday gifts for Victor and Lucilla by under-glazing clay bowls that they had fashioned earlier in the week with Elena.  Early in the morning, Louisa and Ramsey read The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader with Karen. The Brown Room restaurant went "al fresco" today as it appeared in the Outdoor Classroom as well.

Charlton: Here’s the pepperoni Karen.
Karen: You’re putting pepperoni on your pizza, Charlton?
Charlton: No Karen. Pepperoni on your ice cream.
Ramsey: Tomato sauce with  strawberries. 
Charlton:  He’s (Ramsey) making the ice cream disappear. 
Seon: Ice cream and food.
Rawls: Here’s some pancakes. Do you need some syrup?
Ellie: I’m hungry.
Isabelle: Here’s syrup. Here’s syrup.

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Back in Brown Room

Seon and Ellie and Charlton and Isabelle worked in pairs to complete the under-glazing of the clay bowls. The restaurant opened up indoors as well. 

Ramsey: I made some soup for you. It’s hot. I got a bowl for you.
Rawls: I was cooking that there. I need to buy these at the store. I got some green, yellow and pink.
Isabelle: ‘Nough for me.
Charlton: What you want today?
Rawls: Pizza and this and this.
Emma: I cooking in the kitchen for Isabelle.

Looking Ahead to Next Week