Another Look at Light

As the children created their installation for the book fair, they shared many observations and pondered many questions about light and its relationship to the transparent materials that they used. We saw an opportunity to delve deeper into their understandings of light and its properties by presenting a set of opaque papers in the Outdoor Studio. When the children arrived for Backwards Day on Monday, they found a selection of these materials and a collection of tools to create "pinhole designs."  
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The children designed and created. Their creations inspired curiosity and they asked questions and shared their observations with one another. 

The Children's Work

I’m doing dots, small then big dots. Big holes then small. -Bailee

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Look at how much popping I did. Look at how much I popped! Pop, pop, pop, pop.  -Ellie

I’m doing a big thumbtack because it's so big. Tiny. big. Tiny. Big. Tiny. Big. -Cal

It’s the whole sky, it’s really shining. The sun is shining on it all. The orange and the red. It is so beautiful now. It makes both colors. -Cal

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Zig zag. Zig zag. Rawls

There’s all different colors. -Rawls

I’m using the big one now. The small one was making tiny holes now. -Ava

I see orange and red mixed together like a sunset. -Zari

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I did 2 pieces because I like yellow. -Ava

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Fay creates a sunshine as part of her design.

I see the sun and the sky and the sky.

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​The more you push, the more it (paper) can break. It will probably make a big, big hole. Fay

I’m just making stars with lots of dots, dots, dots, dots. - Whit

I’m going to pierce them through. It means to go through. -Charlton

The colors are going through because of the light. Ford

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​ If we scan my mom's phone there are constellations. Charlton
There are patterns in the stars.  Ford

The light is shining through. All of the light will shine through this (paper). I see the sky through the holes. -Jack

They look like they’re shining in the dark. -Isabelle

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Seon shares her observations...

To prepare for the Thanksgiving Feast, the children will continue to explore the interaction of light and materials as they design and create our centerpieces in the upcoming weeks. 

A look at next week...

This week's mystery reader was Isabelle's dad, Louis Sterchi. Louis read Pizza!: A slice of History by Greg Pizzoli to the Tucker Room. The children really enjoyed reading about the history of pizza and conversed with eachother about their favorite pizza toppings. Thank you, Louis!

Mystery Reader

We also wanted to express our gratitude to you all for taking the time to meet with us for Parent Teacher Conferences the past couple of days.  We truly value your collaboration and the unique insights you provide about your children. We will continue to reflect on our conversations over the next weeks, and know they will enrich the children's experiences at home and in the classroom.
​We hope you all have a cozy weekend, see you on Monday!