October 15th, 2020

Rainey A: Balancing Away 

“This is how I balance” CC loudly proclaimed from her perch on the playground set.


Today, balance was the name of the game. In the morning much fun was had balancing carpet squares on our heads. Lochie and CC hold the record of 5 balanced carpet squares with George and Marley sharing 3 balanced carpet squares.  Outside we approached balance on both our obstacle course building and our attempts at constructing a teetertotter. Marley and CC problem- solved flipping over one of the benches and then several other friends joined in to work on the teetertotter. After much deliberation they decided that building a see saw between the slide and the “spinning machine” was the most stable design that allowed the most friends to join on the teetertotter. 

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CC: One, two three
Marley: (laughing) it’s so heavy!
Marley: Now it’s stuck on the log
CC: No, not again. Start pushing it. 
CC: Can you go to the other side? One… two.. Three…

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Discovering how much weight they can add to the beam before it flips 

We also took the time today to begin working on our materials documentation for the obstacle course guidebook. Tomorrow and into next week we will continue adding documented materials followed by narrative about how to use the materials.