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Yesterday the Rainey Room enjoyed learning about Wolf M's family tradition of going to Zaza's house. Zaza is Wolf's grandmother and she lives on a farm in Virginia. At her farm, Zaza has bees, horses, chickens, dogs and cows. Wolf has a few things that he particularly enjoys when he visits: collecting the fresh chicken eggs and feeding them leftovers (like pizza crust or the crust of bread), taking rides on the neighbor's pony, Annie, and after it rains Wolf loves in jump in the mud puddles around the farm. His favorite place to play indoors is the basement because there are lots of toys down there. Zaza's house sure looks like lots of fun! This morning the children had tons of fun outside! They enjoyed seeing a postcard that Gigi had mailed to the class, playing in the sand, decorating the alligator with chalk and playing a few rounds of hide - and - seek. In the classroom, a group of children worked on a train-based neighborhood construction that included both elements of reality and fantasy. Blocks with children's photos represented each child's home but there were also trains, people taking trips, and ornaments/ presents being delivered. Wolf: I'm Thomas. You see? My train's going faster. Oliver: The track is broken. Let me put something there so you can't fall. Okay? Let's have a bridge instead. Wolf: CHOO CHOO! Oliver: This is my house. It's a shape. I have these bricks for toys. Lane: I have a long train. They're going on a trip to Texas. I need to get to Lane's house. Cannon: CHOOOOOOO CHOOOOOOO. Oliver: Chugga chug choo choo. Wolf: S - T - O - P, stop.....Oh, I just passed my house. Lane: We need to get to Emilia's house. Olivia: Car wash. Car wash. Lane: We're bringing these trees up the road. Wolf: Get out of the way Tia. (Lane gets out some collage materials like beads and tiles. She and others begin putting them in the cargo areas of their trains) Lane: These are ornaments we're delivering during a big snow storm. This is the chimney. Cannon: We're gonna deliver presents! Ho, ho ho! Lane: To Wolf Baillie! Oliver: To Wolf (M) and Pierce! Lane: (singing) Happy New Year! Meanwhile, the remaining children took a walk in the neighborhood to explore the idea of, "When we walk in the neighborhood, how do we know how to get back to school?" Yesterday, some friends discussed this idea during snack: Cannon: You just communicate. Brooke: You just communicate? Cannon: You just communicate with the bell. (Listen for the church's bell to ring.) Grace: Because I live really close and my mom and dad walk me to school everyday....that's how I know. Maren: 'Cause my house is very close to school. Brooke: But if we're walking in the neighborhood but not near to your house, how would you know how to get back to school? Maren: Listen for the bell. Palmer: But how do you know if the bell is not the school bell? (What if another church bell is ringing?) So on today's walk we explored the neighborhood and noted what places/landmarks resonated with the children. They definitely know many places around the neighborhood. Additionally, they seemed to have a grasp of how to get back to school, but articulating how/why they know was more challenging. Some of places that were familiar to the children were: & Pizza, 1310 Kitchen, Compass Coffee, the Capital Bikeshare rack, Wolf B's house and Evelyn's family's church. A quick group chat before leaving on the walk: Brooke: So today we're going to try and figure out, when we go out into the neighborhood, how do we know how to get back to school? Do you have any ideas? Palmer: We need a map! Fletcher: My head is a map. (I know the way.) Maren: You listen to the bell. Palmer: But if you're wrong... the bell... if you're wrong Fletcher: We don't want to go too far away because then we will lose our school. Maren: What if we don't know if it's the right bell? On the walk: Maren: I know that place with the numbers on it. (1310 Kitchen) I go over there. We go there to breakfast sometimes. & Pizza: Maren: I went to that place. Brooke: What is that place? Maren: They make pizza. Palmer: She said they make pizza. Emilia: I think I went there. We keep walking: Maren: This way is my house. Brooke: How do you know this way is your house? Maren: Because that's my house. (pointing) Brooke: Can you see your house from here? Maren: No, but I know it's my house because this is the path that I go to school. Palmer: My house is straight. Brooke: And can you get to your house walking, Palmer? Palmer: No. Maren: I can get to my house walking. Brooke: What about you Emilia, can you get to your house walking? Emilia: No! Evelyn: I can go to my house walking. Fletcher: Here's the coffee shop. Brooke: Does anyone ever go here besides Fletcher? Maren: YES! Evelyn: I do with my dad! Maren: I do. Palmer: I don't. Fletcher: The sign says Georgetown. Near the bike share rack: Evelyn: See those bikes, that way (pointing) is my house! We walk towards Evelyn's house Palmer: My church is this way. We're close to Wolf Baillie's house. Brooke: How do you know? Palmer: Just cause. Evelyn: I have a girl named Bailey that gets my haircut. She fixes my hair. Brooke: Palmer, do you think if you saw Wolf Baillie's house you would know which one it is? Palmer: No. Brooke: But you feel sure we're near his house? Palmer: Maybe. Evelyn: That's my church! Right there next to the white house. That means we're going to (towards) my house cause it's right this way. Palmer: And this church is close to Wolfie's house. Brooke: We can see Wolfie's house from where we're standing. Do you know which one it is? Do you remember that when we went to Wolfie's house we went into a gate so that we could go into the backyard? Look across the street. Maren: (spots Wolf's house) Over there. We continue walking. Palmer: We're lost. Evelyn: No we're not. We're not lost. Brooke: If we wanted to get back to school, where do we go? Palmer: This way! (pointing) Fletcher: I think we're lost. Palmer: Yeah. Maren: No we're not lost. Jen: What can help us find our way back? Fletcher: My map. Jen: A map could help us find our way back. We don't have a map with us. Fletcher: My map up here. (pointing to his head) Jen: Oh, you're map in your brain? So what does your mind map tell you? Fletcher: We go this way. Jen: What made you think that? Fletcher: Because St. John's is this way. Jen: How do you know? Palmer: You used to see Ronnie's crane over there. Brooke: So you also think St. John's is this way? Palmer: Yeah. We walk towards Wisconsin: Maren: Wait! WAIT! That's what we saw when we came. Brooke: What is that place? Maren: The pizza place. That's what we saw when we came. Fletcher: I see the coffee shop! Palmer: Oh, that's the way back. (pointing) Fletcher: We go that way. That way, that way, that way! (pointing) Maren: I found the school. Brooke: Can you see it? Maren: No. It's over there. (pointing) Fletcher: School is across the street. See those green bars? (bars on Hyde Addison playground) That's where our school is. It's right next to St. John's, except it's across the street. We're almost there! I told you this was the right way. We ended the day with Joe as the Mystery Reader! Thanks Joe!
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Since our school hosted visitors during and after school for an ECES presentation/workshop (Early Childhood Educator Series) we will not be having a journal today. See you tomorrow!
We enjoyed celebrating Grace's birthday today! Sarah, Jim and Lily were able to join us for the festivities. They brought some photos from milestones throughout Grace's life: her first time eating solid food, first trip to the beach, not wanting to go to sleep and instead rocking on her rocking horse in the middle of the night, and Halloween. The children loved passing around the photos. Then Jim read How the Sun Got to Coco's House. And Grace opened her gift and walked around the candle! Later we enjoyed treats at snack.
Happy 4th Birthday Grace!
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| (Morning Meeting conversation) Melanie: Do you recognize this street? (Map shows O street and St. John's) Lane: There’s a park there. (Looking at Hyde-Addison) Palmer: No it’s for the other school that they built. Ronnie, the crane driver. Oliver: That hand is the mouse. Melanie: We can use the mouse to walk down the street. Lane: I see the kitties!! (We point map toward cat café) Palmer: That’s when we go home. (Sees Wisconsin Ave) Oliver: If you wanna go towards my house, you need to go all the way towards that hill right there. It’s cross toward the road. Maren: My house is closer to the ice cream store. Oliver: My house is next to that church right there! It’s next by my house. (We continue up Wisconsin and turn left on Volta. Soon we reach Oliver’s house) Brooke: Is it the blue door or the red door? Oliver: That’s Marian’s house. Fletcher: That’s not my house. Brooke: Whose house is it? Cannon: Joci’s. Because Joci has the blue door. Oliver: Mine has a trench and I don’t have a basement. Melanie: Let’s keep going down Volta… Oliver: That’s towards the park! Melanie: Which way do I go, left or right? Oliver: It’s cross there, next to that house. Grace: That way, that way, that way! Palmer: The baseball field!! (Later, after meeting) Olivia: I never seen your house. Can I see what the color looks like? Evelyn: It’s grey. Do you know what color my house is? It’s grey. Do you know what color my door is? Black. Melanie: What color is your door, Olivia? Olivia: Red. ‘Cause momma loves red. And it has a little door knocker. Evelyn: (On 34th St) See that red door, is that your house? Olivia: Mmm… This one isn’t. I’ll show you. Can I please show you? Melanie: Which direction should we go? Olivia: Oh oh oh, this one, this one! Evelyn went past my house. (smiles) Evelyn: Which one is your house? Olivia: It’s all the way over there. Keep going, that way, that way, yes! You’re gonna find my house. And then, straight over there. Go past. Go through there. Yes! Yes! Almost close! Turn there - Up the stairs - THAT’S MY HOUSE! (Evelyn claps happily. Eventually we find her house on the map too.) |      |
| Fletcher: "That's where we had the costume party." | Emilia: I just saw where I lived when I was a baby. The grey house. And then somebody else lived there, Alex’s friend, his name is Eli. |
More Photos from our Day!! (some captions)
We had a lovely start to the day with Chapel. Emilia and Palmer were the bell ringers.
The chilly temperatures didn't stop us from enjoying some outdoor play.
Wolf and Palmer diligently swept out the cobb house.
Cannon put the animals in jail and fed them bologna sandwiches.
Fletcher used the wheel barrow.
Evelyn and Olivia had fun pushing each other on the swing.
Grace, Lane, Gigi, Maren, Ellie and Emilia cooked lots of imaginary food together.
Wolf and Palmer diligently swept out the cobb house.
Cannon put the animals in jail and fed them bologna sandwiches.
Fletcher used the wheel barrow.
Evelyn and Olivia had fun pushing each other on the swing.
Grace, Lane, Gigi, Maren, Ellie and Emilia cooked lots of imaginary food together.
Upon returning to the classroom we watched the video we are working on for Alexandra and considered what it still needed (some friends weren't in it!) Someone suggested that the video wasn't long enough. But trying to decide what to add was complicated and we'll revisit the topic soon.
Some friends helped create Grace's birthday gift today. It turned out great!
In the classroom, there was police play, building, message center work, and sewing. It was challenging to snap photos of the happenings while also helping facilitate snack and sewing. However, we did audio record and transcribe some of the police play that Grace, Lane, Maren and Emilia did.
| (Lane dispatches officers to Sedgewick St.) Grace: We’re going to get there soon! (She drives FAST) Emilia: Grace Maren: Calm down Emilia: Grace, you just ran past a bad guy. Go get ‘em. (Grace drives FAST again.) Lane: You went passed another one. And another one and another one. Grace: No I didn’t. Now I’m gonna have to take a picture of them. Lane: I have to take a picture of one too. |  |
Here is more dialogue from that play sequence:
Lane: Ok, K9 unit.
Grace: K9 unit.
Maren: Grab my truck!
Grace: Ok, I’ll go get them (bad guys). Stay safe.
Maren: A bad guy’s in the water!
Grace: We gotta catch ‘em. No, let’s just ride past him.
Maren: No, you have to go in the water!
Grace: Oh, here we come water.
Maren: Time to go! GO! GO! GO!
Grace: To the bus station.
Maren: We have to go to the bus station? Ooohhh.
Lane: I’m gonna hop onto the bus.
Emilia: Good. Well…
Lane: Look at the screen. Do you know why? My new phone is not working today so I’m using my old phone.
Grace: I gotta ride to Sedgewick St. So that’s not that far.
Lane: I was about to take a picture of the burglar and I just took a picture of my K9.
Grace: You’re not on the bus ladies. Sit down. Sit down. Now we have to go driving.
(Grace drives) I’m drivin’ the K9 down.
Lane: Cause I need to open the door.
Grace: We gotta walk downstairs cause the burglar.
Lane: Open it. Okay?
Maren: Now it’s locked.
Grace: Let me go get it.
Lane: But this is the key to it.
Emilia: Hey guys!...I see them, I see them! I see the bad guys.
Grace: Okay.
Emilia: Look at them and take a picture.
Grace: Oh that’s bad. We’d better call a nice good guy to get to the water fast to get us down there and catch the bad guys. Okay?
Lane: Police Officer Emilia.
Emilia: What?
Lane: I’m next door to your house. There’s a bad guy, I trapped him in my door and my puppy is scared.
Emilia: Okay.
Grace: We’re on the way! K9 unit – don’t worry - we’re on the way!
Lane: There’s an owner of a cat who’s stuck in fire. And the owner is hurt. We’d better call the ambulance.
Grace: Ok, I’ll go get the fire truck.
Lane: And the kitten is hurt. Only the kitten is hurt.
Emilia: I’m on it.
Grace: We’re on the way. We’re driving. We gotta go fast to the burglar. Now let me get some sketches.
Lane: I’ll get (write) notes.
Lane: Ok, K9 unit.
Grace: K9 unit.
Maren: Grab my truck!
Grace: Ok, I’ll go get them (bad guys). Stay safe.
Maren: A bad guy’s in the water!
Grace: We gotta catch ‘em. No, let’s just ride past him.
Maren: No, you have to go in the water!
Grace: Oh, here we come water.
Maren: Time to go! GO! GO! GO!
Grace: To the bus station.
Maren: We have to go to the bus station? Ooohhh.
Lane: I’m gonna hop onto the bus.
Emilia: Good. Well…
Lane: Look at the screen. Do you know why? My new phone is not working today so I’m using my old phone.
Grace: I gotta ride to Sedgewick St. So that’s not that far.
Lane: I was about to take a picture of the burglar and I just took a picture of my K9.
Grace: You’re not on the bus ladies. Sit down. Sit down. Now we have to go driving.
(Grace drives) I’m drivin’ the K9 down.
Lane: Cause I need to open the door.
Grace: We gotta walk downstairs cause the burglar.
Lane: Open it. Okay?
Maren: Now it’s locked.
Grace: Let me go get it.
Lane: But this is the key to it.
Emilia: Hey guys!...I see them, I see them! I see the bad guys.
Grace: Okay.
Emilia: Look at them and take a picture.
Grace: Oh that’s bad. We’d better call a nice good guy to get to the water fast to get us down there and catch the bad guys. Okay?
Lane: Police Officer Emilia.
Emilia: What?
Lane: I’m next door to your house. There’s a bad guy, I trapped him in my door and my puppy is scared.
Emilia: Okay.
Grace: We’re on the way! K9 unit – don’t worry - we’re on the way!
Lane: There’s an owner of a cat who’s stuck in fire. And the owner is hurt. We’d better call the ambulance.
Grace: Ok, I’ll go get the fire truck.
Lane: And the kitten is hurt. Only the kitten is hurt.
Emilia: I’m on it.
Grace: We’re on the way. We’re driving. We gotta go fast to the burglar. Now let me get some sketches.
Lane: I’ll get (write) notes.
And thanks to Cristian for being the Mystery Reader today!
Editing a Video Message for Alexandra
Today, Fletcher, Lane, Maren added transitions between video clips. For this task, they needed to select a transition from the menu and drop it into their existing video. They worked cooperatively to share their knowledge of clicking, holding, and releasing on the mouse.
Today, Fletcher, Lane, Maren added transitions between video clips. For this task, they needed to select a transition from the menu and drop it into their existing video. They worked cooperatively to share their knowledge of clicking, holding, and releasing on the mouse.
More Stories from the Sewing Machine
"I love this machine. It's the best machine ever." - Emilia
The excitement around the sewing machine is still going strong. Now that each child has had a turn, we were getting ready to wrap it up and move onto something else - however, more and more children have been asking for a 2nd and 3rd turn at the machine, so it's possible we'll begin a larger project with our old rainbow fabric from last year.
Part of the fun of the sewing machine could be the ability to choose. For example, choosing the material (paper or fabric); choosing the color of thread; choosing the direction and pattern of the stitches; choosing the placement of each new piece.
"I love this machine. It's the best machine ever." - Emilia
The excitement around the sewing machine is still going strong. Now that each child has had a turn, we were getting ready to wrap it up and move onto something else - however, more and more children have been asking for a 2nd and 3rd turn at the machine, so it's possible we'll begin a larger project with our old rainbow fabric from last year.
Part of the fun of the sewing machine could be the ability to choose. For example, choosing the material (paper or fabric); choosing the color of thread; choosing the direction and pattern of the stitches; choosing the placement of each new piece.
| Kinetic Sand Evelyn: Let’s make a… UNICORN CASTLE! Olivia: Yes yeah yeah let’s make it! How can we make it? Evelyn: We’ll make it has… (she dumps out the previous “cake” they made) Olivia: WOAHHHH. Evelyn: It’s the perfect shape. Let’s put lots of sticks in there. It’s gonna be a castle. Let’s just squirt it all broken. It’s the castle… (singing) It’s the caaaastleeee…. (She pushes hands deeply into sand, kneading it) Olivia: This is not how making a castle. Let’s make a birthday cake. Let’s get a roller. (she gets wooden tool) Evelyn: It’s not ready yet. Olivia: How about I’m a baby and it’s my birthday. Can we please do it? Please? My birthday castle cake? Evelyn: Maybe I have to make this. Olivia: Okay. I’m gonna wait. …Let’s get little pieces and roll them into a ball. (They spend a few minutes rolling small balls and compiling them into the cake) Evelyn: Let’s eat all of it! Olivia: I feel like we need to do the castle. First let’s put out the candles. Here’s the candles. Evelyn: Here’s the candles. (she joins in pushing sticks in as candles; they work together) Olivia: Here’s the candles. Evelyn: Here’s the candles. Olivia: Now that’s it, that’s it, that’s it. 1, 2, 3… (They both blow) Olivia: (sings) Happy birthday to us! |   |
See you tomorrow morning at Chapel!
Today we continued using drawing as a way to reflect on our visit from Officer Atkins.
Here are the finished products:
There was also more sewing! The children are loving the sewing machine!
Here are the finished pieces. Clockwise from the top left: Fletcher, Gigi, Wolf and Lane.
The updated dollhouse (fresh paint does wonders) has renewed interest in playing there.
Olivia: Maybe the kids can jump on the bed.
Babies... come here.
Evelyn: WAAAAA
Olivia: Come on. The hospital. Lay in the chair. Mama's gonna sit in the chair. You guys play.
Cannon (arrives on the scene with dinosaurs): RRROAR!!!!
Olivia: Everybody run!
Evelyn: You're wrecking our house.
Cannon: No, we're trying to fix it.
Olivia: Uh oh!...Everybody run!
Cannon (dinos on the roof): RROAR! We can run faster than you! Pretend those are nice dinosaurs, okay? We're nice. We're nice. Guys we're just being your pets.
Olivia: Get in the house!
Evelyn: Ahh!
Olivia: Maybe the kids can jump on the bed.
Babies... come here.
Evelyn: WAAAAA
Olivia: Come on. The hospital. Lay in the chair. Mama's gonna sit in the chair. You guys play.
Cannon (arrives on the scene with dinosaurs): RRROAR!!!!
Olivia: Everybody run!
Evelyn: You're wrecking our house.
Cannon: No, we're trying to fix it.
Olivia: Uh oh!...Everybody run!
Cannon (dinos on the roof): RROAR! We can run faster than you! Pretend those are nice dinosaurs, okay? We're nice. We're nice. Guys we're just being your pets.
Olivia: Get in the house!
Evelyn: Ahh!
There was another special guest at school today, Isaiah the dog! He lives at Brooke's house and enjoyed meeting the children and getting some loving pets.
Police Officer Atkins visits!
Here is a small portion of the dialogue we shared with him. Other discussion points were: calling 911 in emergencies; men and woman can both be police officers; the food in jail is bologna sandwiches; be kind to others on the playground.
Officer Atkins: Do you know who a stranger is?
Grace: People you don’t know.
Officer Atkins: She said it right - people that you don’t know. I’m a police officer, I’m friendly. Let’s say for instance you get lost. If you see me, you can come to me, I’m not considered a stranger because I’m a public servant and I will help you find your parents. You can look at this things to determine if I’m a police officer. Do you what this is?
(All): A badge!!
Officer Atkins: That’s correct. Each badge has a number on it, and this is my number assigned to me, 3390. Also look for the word - what do you see on the back of my uniform?
Oliver: Letters.
Officer Atkins: How about the “P” word?
Oliver: It says Police!
Officer: We got some cool equipment here. Every police officer is assigned a flashlight.
Oliver: Yes, like Fire Steve has a fire flashlight.
Officer: Yes, so for instance if you’re in a dark room and we need to find you, we can say “ah we see you, come on out!” Also we use this to find bad guys.
Oliver: If bad guys run away super fast you gotta catch ‘em in your big police car.
Palmer: And throw them in jail.
Officer: That’s right. And we also carry an ink pen, so we can write your name down. We carry a pen and a notebook. Another thing we carry is a business card. (He hands the business cards out to each child!) You can put it in your scrapbook.
Emilia: My dad should’ve seen this! (smiling) I’m starting a scrapbook.
(He shows us his body camera, then his radio)
Officer: If I want to talk to my friends, I’ll call them using my call sign. My number is “Foot Beat 206”
Lane: Did you just say foot?!
Officer: Foot beat! So, I walk the beat most of the time. My dispatcher would hear my call sign and she would answer. Watch this. (He radios in, saying “Radio check")
Dispatcher’s voice over radio: “Loud and clear”
Officer Atkins made each child a "junior police officer." We got to go see the police car and motorcycle. We asked Officer Atkins if he ever got scared, and if he ever had to be brave. He said it takes courage to be a police officer, but he would "put his life on the line to protect citizens". His visit left a huge impression!
Here is a small portion of the dialogue we shared with him. Other discussion points were: calling 911 in emergencies; men and woman can both be police officers; the food in jail is bologna sandwiches; be kind to others on the playground.
Officer Atkins: Do you know who a stranger is?
Grace: People you don’t know.
Officer Atkins: She said it right - people that you don’t know. I’m a police officer, I’m friendly. Let’s say for instance you get lost. If you see me, you can come to me, I’m not considered a stranger because I’m a public servant and I will help you find your parents. You can look at this things to determine if I’m a police officer. Do you what this is?
(All): A badge!!
Officer Atkins: That’s correct. Each badge has a number on it, and this is my number assigned to me, 3390. Also look for the word - what do you see on the back of my uniform?
Oliver: Letters.
Officer Atkins: How about the “P” word?
Oliver: It says Police!
Officer: We got some cool equipment here. Every police officer is assigned a flashlight.
Oliver: Yes, like Fire Steve has a fire flashlight.
Officer: Yes, so for instance if you’re in a dark room and we need to find you, we can say “ah we see you, come on out!” Also we use this to find bad guys.
Oliver: If bad guys run away super fast you gotta catch ‘em in your big police car.
Palmer: And throw them in jail.
Officer: That’s right. And we also carry an ink pen, so we can write your name down. We carry a pen and a notebook. Another thing we carry is a business card. (He hands the business cards out to each child!) You can put it in your scrapbook.
Emilia: My dad should’ve seen this! (smiling) I’m starting a scrapbook.
(He shows us his body camera, then his radio)
Officer: If I want to talk to my friends, I’ll call them using my call sign. My number is “Foot Beat 206”
Lane: Did you just say foot?!
Officer: Foot beat! So, I walk the beat most of the time. My dispatcher would hear my call sign and she would answer. Watch this. (He radios in, saying “Radio check")
Dispatcher’s voice over radio: “Loud and clear”
Officer Atkins made each child a "junior police officer." We got to go see the police car and motorcycle. We asked Officer Atkins if he ever got scared, and if he ever had to be brave. He said it takes courage to be a police officer, but he would "put his life on the line to protect citizens". His visit left a huge impression!
| Continuing our use of the Sewing Machine (video will take a few minutes to load) | |
Some exciting elements of this machine are all the different devices and gadgets that make it work, including...
- The pedal - children have to learn through practice how to go "medium speed" (not too fast, not too slow)
- The "foot" - There's a medal foot which keeps the fabric in place as the needle travels in and out. Children have been learning how to put this down using a lever.
- The "cutter" on the side, which has a tiny razor that cuts the thread
- The rotating knob that changes the pattern of the stitch (different zig zag looking shapes)
- Another rotating knob that makes the needle go up or down
Police Ideas in Dramatic Play
In the conversation below the pictures, you can see that children were synthesizing some new information from Officer Atkins in their play. Wolf even made his own badge!
In the conversation below the pictures, you can see that children were synthesizing some new information from Officer Atkins in their play. Wolf even made his own badge!
Lane: We need tickets for the bad guys.
Wolf M: We’re police, we take the bad guys to jail.
Lane: These are both safety rules for us. Let me put the safety rules in our police book.
Wolf: But where are the police badges?
Lace: Here are our police cameras.
Emilia: (to Brooke) Good luck, I see 100 (bad guys) in the ocean. I’m going to get them.
Lane: Officer Emilia, there’s an emergency. It’s west. (using map) Guys I’m packing up for the emergency.
Cannon: Officer Emilia, I saved the humans!
Emilia: Great!
Wolf: Police officer Cannon…
Emilia: Officer Brooke there’s an emergency. Lane is in the car but she’s not answering.
Wolf: You gotta be brave.
Emilia: Officer Brooke there’s an emergency. There’s fire and sharks behind you!
Lane: There’s fire at 911 station.
Cannon: Put perfume so the sharks can’t follow us.
Lane: I got my work stuff in my car. I got a police badge in my bag.
Emilia: A map in case we get lost.
Cannon: We need to get the police boat now. We need a T-rex.
Wolf: This is 911-324.
Cannon: I’m gonna roar at the bad guys and stomp and take the bad guys to jail.
Emilia: Brooke I’m on my way to all the bad guys and put them in jail with handcuffs. In the night, I was catching a lot of bad guys. And guess what… they got out of jail and I was watching them the whole time.
Cannon: I caught a lot of bad guys and they got out of jail too.
Emilia: I’ll catch them. Should I take notes?
(it’s nighttime, so Wolf and Cannon go to sleep)
Emilia: Brooke, good morning, good news. I catched all the bad guys.
Cannon: What?! I don’t see them. They unlocked their cages and got out.
Emilia: Let me take some notes.
Cannon: I’m going back to sleep.
Emilia: Something very strange has happened. It says on my walkie talkie there’s a stranger right next to me. But there’s no strangers. Everybody … get to work!
Wolf: Get the strangers!
Wolf M: We’re police, we take the bad guys to jail.
Lane: These are both safety rules for us. Let me put the safety rules in our police book.
Wolf: But where are the police badges?
Lace: Here are our police cameras.
Emilia: (to Brooke) Good luck, I see 100 (bad guys) in the ocean. I’m going to get them.
Lane: Officer Emilia, there’s an emergency. It’s west. (using map) Guys I’m packing up for the emergency.
Cannon: Officer Emilia, I saved the humans!
Emilia: Great!
Wolf: Police officer Cannon…
Emilia: Officer Brooke there’s an emergency. Lane is in the car but she’s not answering.
Wolf: You gotta be brave.
Emilia: Officer Brooke there’s an emergency. There’s fire and sharks behind you!
Lane: There’s fire at 911 station.
Cannon: Put perfume so the sharks can’t follow us.
Lane: I got my work stuff in my car. I got a police badge in my bag.
Emilia: A map in case we get lost.
Cannon: We need to get the police boat now. We need a T-rex.
Wolf: This is 911-324.
Cannon: I’m gonna roar at the bad guys and stomp and take the bad guys to jail.
Emilia: Brooke I’m on my way to all the bad guys and put them in jail with handcuffs. In the night, I was catching a lot of bad guys. And guess what… they got out of jail and I was watching them the whole time.
Cannon: I caught a lot of bad guys and they got out of jail too.
Emilia: I’ll catch them. Should I take notes?
(it’s nighttime, so Wolf and Cannon go to sleep)
Emilia: Brooke, good morning, good news. I catched all the bad guys.
Cannon: What?! I don’t see them. They unlocked their cages and got out.
Emilia: Let me take some notes.
Cannon: I’m going back to sleep.
Emilia: Something very strange has happened. It says on my walkie talkie there’s a stranger right next to me. But there’s no strangers. Everybody … get to work!
Wolf: Get the strangers!
Two detail-oriented projects were underway in the classroom today. Melanie and Jen were working with the children on the sewing machines. When Gigi's recent birthday committee used this technique it was a big success and the children truly enjoyed it. So today, many children had a go creating at the sewing machines.
Meanwhile... in the Middle Room, pairs of children edited the video we are creating for Alexandra. Working together the children learned the shortcut to split the clip (command + B). One child would press and hold the command key while the other pressed the B key. Afterward they took turns practicing how to move the mouse onto the content they wished to delete, clicking on it and finally pressing the delete key. The project advanced quite well today should be ready to send soon!
We also had a lovely morning outside:
| A Police Chat On Thursday, we'll be getting a visit from a real police officer (a good friend of Gigi's). We decided to discuss this with the children, and ask questions about some things they have been mentioning lately in their dramatic play on the playground. For instance, sometimes the children pretend to use magic wands to defeat bad guys, and other times they take the teachers to jail. Scroll down to read highlights of the conversation. (Photo on the right: Wolf B and his sister Cedar found a special police officer guarding Buckingham Palace!) |  |
Gigi: He’s gonna bring his motorcycle and his car.
Lane: Is he gonna bring his badge?
Oliver: He drives the police car! And sometimes he drives the ambulance too.
Palmer: No, only police guys drive police stuff.
Lane: Is he gonna grab his K9?... it’s a police dog. I hope he’s gonna bring the walkie talkie, or more than one.
Melanie: You had mentioned a badge too. What is a badge?
Palmer: It’s something silver.
Lane: He puts it on his arm. He looks at it every day.
Gigi: So that everyone knows he’s a police officer! It’s a star.
Question 1: What does a police officer do?
Emilia: It gives out tickets if people go speeding or slow.
Cannon: And he takes people to jail.
Palmer: If they do something bad.
Grace: We have to ask him why he takes people to jail.
Palmer: Only if they break the law and steal something.
Cannon: Cause remember, I said if you ask him a bad word he will take you to jail.
Emilia: No, he won’t.
Question 2: How does the police catch a bad guy?
Palmer: He just drives in a police car.
Olivia: Yeah he goes really fast and catch…
Emilia: Yeah.
Palmer: Like WEE-OO WEE-OO…
Oliver: On the racing pad, he can go super fast.
Evelyn: I never did go in the police car.
(Many say “me neither”)
Question 3: Why do bad guys have to go to jail?
Cannon: Because they’re bad.
Palmer: They try to rob stuff and break it.
Cannon: They try to break police cars. But I can roar at bad people.
Gigi: If they be bad, not all the people go away, just some, when they’re being bad. And the police take them to the chief so the chief can decide what happens to them.
Palmer: The chief of police.
Grace: That means they decide who goes to jail or prison and who can just walk away.
Question 4: If you go to jail, what happens?
Grace: You have to stay there forever and drink jail water and it’s not good for you. And they’re kind of being bad, but they’re putting bad people in jail.
Olivia: But we never go to jail.
Lane: When you’re in jail you have handcuffs which makes your hands don’t touch anything, and you can’t do anything. And you can’t move out, and the handcuffs are sticked to the jail and you can’t get out.
Emilia: When they put you in jail, they feed you very bad stuff and very bad milk and water.
Oliver: Some people get out of jail.
Grace: No, they don’t get out.
Question 5: When Steve the firefighter visited us, he said he sometimes gets scared when he crawls through the fire. Do you think police officers get scared too?
Palmer: They just take care of people. Before the ambulance or helicopter gets there.
Lane: They take care of people, so if a burglar knocked down someone’s house, so the bricks don’t fall on you.
Melanie: Do you think that the police have to be brave to catch the bad guys? Or scared? Or both?
Emilia: Both.
Palmer: Just brave, not scared.
Question 6: How does a police officer stay safe?
Palmer: By following the law.
Melanie: How do they do that? Could you explain that a bit more?
Palmer: If someone does something bad, they just always say, be safe and follow the law. It’s like a special rule.
(for) Everybody. In the whole globe.
Grace: Yes.
Melanie: Even in Kenya and Germany?
Palmer: Yes. Everywhere has police cars.
Question 7: Does anyone know what the numbers “911” mean?
Maren: If there’s a fire, then do that number!
Emilia: On your phone, very quick if it’s a real emergency.
Brooke: What else could be an emergency?
Emilia: If somebody got really really really hurt.
Cannon: Or hot lava.
Brooke: What about if there’s a bad guy, could you call 911?
Palmer: And the K9 unit.
Lane: Is he gonna bring his badge?
Oliver: He drives the police car! And sometimes he drives the ambulance too.
Palmer: No, only police guys drive police stuff.
Lane: Is he gonna grab his K9?... it’s a police dog. I hope he’s gonna bring the walkie talkie, or more than one.
Melanie: You had mentioned a badge too. What is a badge?
Palmer: It’s something silver.
Lane: He puts it on his arm. He looks at it every day.
Gigi: So that everyone knows he’s a police officer! It’s a star.
Question 1: What does a police officer do?
Emilia: It gives out tickets if people go speeding or slow.
Cannon: And he takes people to jail.
Palmer: If they do something bad.
Grace: We have to ask him why he takes people to jail.
Palmer: Only if they break the law and steal something.
Cannon: Cause remember, I said if you ask him a bad word he will take you to jail.
Emilia: No, he won’t.
Question 2: How does the police catch a bad guy?
Palmer: He just drives in a police car.
Olivia: Yeah he goes really fast and catch…
Emilia: Yeah.
Palmer: Like WEE-OO WEE-OO…
Oliver: On the racing pad, he can go super fast.
Evelyn: I never did go in the police car.
(Many say “me neither”)
Question 3: Why do bad guys have to go to jail?
Cannon: Because they’re bad.
Palmer: They try to rob stuff and break it.
Cannon: They try to break police cars. But I can roar at bad people.
Gigi: If they be bad, not all the people go away, just some, when they’re being bad. And the police take them to the chief so the chief can decide what happens to them.
Palmer: The chief of police.
Grace: That means they decide who goes to jail or prison and who can just walk away.
Question 4: If you go to jail, what happens?
Grace: You have to stay there forever and drink jail water and it’s not good for you. And they’re kind of being bad, but they’re putting bad people in jail.
Olivia: But we never go to jail.
Lane: When you’re in jail you have handcuffs which makes your hands don’t touch anything, and you can’t do anything. And you can’t move out, and the handcuffs are sticked to the jail and you can’t get out.
Emilia: When they put you in jail, they feed you very bad stuff and very bad milk and water.
Oliver: Some people get out of jail.
Grace: No, they don’t get out.
Question 5: When Steve the firefighter visited us, he said he sometimes gets scared when he crawls through the fire. Do you think police officers get scared too?
Palmer: They just take care of people. Before the ambulance or helicopter gets there.
Lane: They take care of people, so if a burglar knocked down someone’s house, so the bricks don’t fall on you.
Melanie: Do you think that the police have to be brave to catch the bad guys? Or scared? Or both?
Emilia: Both.
Palmer: Just brave, not scared.
Question 6: How does a police officer stay safe?
Palmer: By following the law.
Melanie: How do they do that? Could you explain that a bit more?
Palmer: If someone does something bad, they just always say, be safe and follow the law. It’s like a special rule.
(for) Everybody. In the whole globe.
Grace: Yes.
Melanie: Even in Kenya and Germany?
Palmer: Yes. Everywhere has police cars.
Question 7: Does anyone know what the numbers “911” mean?
Maren: If there’s a fire, then do that number!
Emilia: On your phone, very quick if it’s a real emergency.
Brooke: What else could be an emergency?
Emilia: If somebody got really really really hurt.
Cannon: Or hot lava.
Brooke: What about if there’s a bad guy, could you call 911?
Palmer: And the K9 unit.
Drawing Practice: Beginning to move past the "stick figure" and toward a 3D looking body using long thin oval shapes ("hot dogs" as we have been calling them) and circle shapes for the head and torso.
Travel Area: Off to Germany and Kenya!
Using digital projection, we created a landscape looking like the German countryside. Children could pretend that we were leisurely driving around and looking out the windows of the car. However, the craziest thing happened. We found dinosaurs.
Wolf M: There's T-Rexes coming into view.
Cannon: Yes. I see a long neck. When we're at Germany, there will be a lot of long necks.
Wolf: It's up ahead. They're up the hill.
Palmer: Look, I see a railroad crossing.
(Jessica suggests finding out which dinosaurs live in Germany)
Lane: I could give you my phone because Alexandra is on my phone and you could ask her.
Emilia: I'm calling Alexandra.
Later, we switched to a Kenyan "safari" type trip, in a fast-moving Jeep across the savanna. Maren saw the Kenyan landscape and said, "It's the desert. Because in the desert there's sand ALL over. And there's buildings made out of sand! People are living in them. There's nothing else to make it out of. No trees, only sand. It's yellow sand. It's so hot. And when you do this (hand gesture of sprinkling), it sprinkles down. It's not like the kinetic sand."
Using digital projection, we created a landscape looking like the German countryside. Children could pretend that we were leisurely driving around and looking out the windows of the car. However, the craziest thing happened. We found dinosaurs.
Wolf M: There's T-Rexes coming into view.
Cannon: Yes. I see a long neck. When we're at Germany, there will be a lot of long necks.
Wolf: It's up ahead. They're up the hill.
Palmer: Look, I see a railroad crossing.
(Jessica suggests finding out which dinosaurs live in Germany)
Lane: I could give you my phone because Alexandra is on my phone and you could ask her.
Emilia: I'm calling Alexandra.
Later, we switched to a Kenyan "safari" type trip, in a fast-moving Jeep across the savanna. Maren saw the Kenyan landscape and said, "It's the desert. Because in the desert there's sand ALL over. And there's buildings made out of sand! People are living in them. There's nothing else to make it out of. No trees, only sand. It's yellow sand. It's so hot. And when you do this (hand gesture of sprinkling), it sprinkles down. It's not like the kinetic sand."
2 mini stories from the playground
- Lane and Evelyn show the "wise" pose
- Palmer saves Grace from imminent danger and fends off evil pool noodles with his magic wand. Grace says "Thanks Palmer." she turns to the others and says, "I'll never be your daughter again!"
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