March 30th, 2022

Digital Microscope

 As we continue with our dinosaur explorations, we’ve set up a digital microscope provocation in the Brown Room. Using the techniques we learned early in the fall, we invited children to explore the table and the microscope on their own time. In addition to looking at our dinosaur toys underneath the microscope, we also included prehistoric-like materials such as bird feathers, turtle shells and a horseshoe crab to inspire some thought and conversation about what dinosaur’s bodies may have looked like. 

Over the two days, many children have shown interest in the materials and the microscope, but Seon and Fay spent the most time enjoying the experience.

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Fay: I want to do this one first. 
Ragnar: Oh, this one has spikes!
Fay: Look, there’s holes. Let’s try the feather. I’m just doing this. I’m going to try the teeny dinosaur. Now lets do the head, it feels bumpy on the leg. Let’s try the leg.

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Weaving in Tucker 

Over the past couple of weeks, Tucker Room has been working on creating a sun made of chicken wire and woven materials. This project, part of their larger exploration of day and night, has continually caught the eye of Brown Roomers when we've gone into the Tucker closet or are hanging out in the hallway outside the classroom. Today a small team of both Brown and Tucker children worked collaboratively to help finish the weaving on the sun. 

Message Making 

The Brown Room children also spent lots of time making messages for each other today. It seems like just overnight their interest in the message center and mailboxes has grown tenfold! 

Karen: Who are you making a message for Seon?
Seon: For you. 
Seon finished her message and placed her symbol (the moth) and Karen’s (the sea turtle on the message) before delivering it to Karen’s mailbox. 
She quickly returned to the message center.
Karen: Who are you going to make a message for now?
Seon looked around and declared, “For Cal!” She picked up a piece of paper and began to write on it.
Louisa: For mommy and daddy and Ellie and me!
Isabelle: I make a message for Elena.

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