December 05th, 2019

Art's Gift
We want to thank our friend Art​ for visiting us and lending his time and supplies to make fairy houses with us.  We thought it would be nice to make him some windows to use in his fairy houses.  To research this project, we walked around our school taking pictures of all the windows - even stained glass ones!
Once the pictures were printed out, we were able to use them on the light table for inspiration.  Our project isn't finished yet but we're hoping to continue it tomorrow.

The "Trash Receiver" 

Palmer:  It's a trash receiver.  It goes inside, it's all junky.
Oliver:  Oh! There's a girl.  Not trash!  (he refers to a dollhouse person inside the silver tube)
​Palmer:  Yes they are trash.  Everything's trash in here, we're cleaning.
Oliver:  Get in, you trashy.  Oop sorry - too many trash! (the silver tube keeps falling out)
Oliver:  The little bunny say "Trash... trash..."  (he talks in a cute bunny voice)
Palmer:  No you don't have trash.  Put the dumpster.
Oliver:  Aha! I found a little girl.  I built her a little small house.  But now she's a witch.  The babies are helping getting trash.  (He uses a bunny puppet to assist him in gathering materials)
Palmer:  Hey you're breaking it.
Oliver:  I'm trying to get this in.  Good idea bunny little baby.  This is gonna be a tiny one for more trash. (He and the bunny have retrieved another silver tube)

(Unfortunately, the building collapses soon after.   They are disappointed for a moment, then adapt easily to this change and each begin to build new projects)
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Oliver: (singing) I'm making a music shop.
Wolf M: I'm gonna make my own music show for everyone to see.  There's the battery.  (He sees the number 7 on the green block)  This TV is seven years old.  I'm gonna be seven years old soon.
Oliver:  Do you want to hear my music? Daa daa daaa....  (He notices puppets nearby) Is that the froggie with the broken arm? The music will make him feel better.

Fun in Kinetic Sand Making "Cakes"!

Exciting Updates on the Fairy Village 2.0

Children added even more materials to the top level of the fairy village today, using clips and wire.  Lane added a black netting to the top, like a tent.  She said,  "It will make the fairies go to sleep and then they will get more shade so no one gets the fairy’s house. Because it’s more black and black is a color of shade."
She then began using colorful beads as "eggs" and leaves as "burls". She said, "These are the burls where the baby fairies get born - out of these little burls. The mommy fairies drop their eggs inside these burls and then in the nighttime they hatch from the burls."
Fletcher said,  "That’s not easy! They’re supposed to keep the eggs warm until they hatch."
Lane: (pointing to white mesh netting on top) "That is what this is going to be. It’s going to keep it cozy.   And this purple burl (showing a leaf) is for the girl babies. And these orange ones are for the boy fairies. (She picks up a spotlight) I’m using this light. You know why? These little eggs grew SUPER tiny. And I put them on the burls so they’ll hatch. I’m using this light because I need to find the eggs, they’re somewhere in this fairy house."
​It occurred to Fletcher that spiders could help them build the roof, but then he realized they might pose a threat to the fairies.  He became engrossed with the idea of building a trap using a small basket, cardboard, and clips.  "He's gonna fall in, and when I pull this over, he can't get back out.  He's coming, hurry, hide!! What do we do?"  Soon after, he updated us, saying, "There's a spider in the trap.  The studio is safe."

Thank you to Oliver and Alexandra for setting up our plates and placemats today!