An Interview With WhitWhit's birthday committee: Bailee, Charlton, and Fay What do you know about your friend Whit? Charlton: He likes Harp Seals Bailee: He likes playing with Charlton Charlton: And Ford. Fay: He likes playing freeztag with Zari. Bailee: Do you like playing with me and Fay? Whit: Kinda. Fay: Soon, Ford’s gonna be the oldest in the class. Bailee: What’s your favorite color, Whit? Whit: Yellow, orange, red, and white. Whit: I have two favorite animals, you have to guess them. You already guessed one. Fay: My brother’s symbol, a giraffe? Bailee: A grasshopper? A shark? Fay: A whale which is a kind of shark? Bailee: A black whale? Whit: A black whale’s an orca whale. Charlton: A dog? Whit: Kinda, yeah. I kinda like every animal. Bailee: A mermaid? Charlton: That’s a mythical creature. Whit: Okay, I’ll tell you. It’s a shocking eel.
Whit teaches his birthday committee how to play his favorite game, Chopsticks. Charlton: What’s your favorite food? Whit: Pedialyte popsicles. Charlton: Same with me! Fay: I also like their drinks. Whit: You didn’t ask my favorite game. Bailee: What’s your favorite game? Whit: Chopsticks and Uno Attack. Whit: I really like trees and leaves because they make the earth have more air. My favorite leaf is the Ginkgo leaf. And the tree that makes maple syrup. Charlton: It’s a maple tree. Whit: I like shells. Bailee: Starfish shells? Whit: No, hermit crab shells because I find hermit crabs. I also like playing in the sand and swimming pools. Fay: What about Taylor Swift? Whit: Not really. I’m kind of a half-Swifty now.    One, two, three...pose! One, two, three... pose! Charlton  Drawing Whit's PortraitDrawing the shape of Whit’s head Bailee: Go around in a circle. Fay: No, not around because of the chin. Charlton: I’m drawing this upside down. This is hair.
Bailee: I’m going to make the mouth. Fay: His teeth are supposed to be that small. His teeth are supposed to be this big. And his nose has two eyes. Okay fine, they’re nostrils.
Drawing Whit's ear. Fay: That's the hole so he can hear.
Bailee: It looks like Whit actually. Fay: It looks like Whit and my dad. Bailee: My dad has ears that go all around. Fay: It’s awesome.  Adding Color
 Whit's finished portrait by his birthday committee, Bailee, Fay, and Charlton. Whit's Favorite ThingsCan I see the color mats? Where’s the color pool party? Charlton Ellie offered to draw and paint a couple of Whit's favorite things to support the birthday committee.
I could draw a ginkgo leaf and I can try to do the shells. Ellie
This is my electric eel. And I did a really good pool. Charlton
The CelebrationWhit's birthday celebration was the last of our Tucker Room year! Whit's whole family joined him to celebrate, bringing various flavors of delicious Nothing Bundt Cakes. It was also his sister Mary Linley's actual birthday, so the love was extra abundant! Mary Linley read Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme by Avery Monsen and his other sister, Bess, read When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach. Whit's dad read a page from a Sharks: A Mighty Bite-y History by Miriam Forster about ancient Orthacanthus sharks. We sang Whit our birthday song, he walked around the birthday candle six times to signify his six rotations around the sun, and blew out his candle! To conclude the celebration, the birthday committee presented Whit's portrait and favorite things. We hope you have a fantastic 6th birthday, Whit!
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If you were unable to attend our Classroom Stories Parent Meeting last week, the presentation, along with our speaker notes will be available in the atelier to view during arrival next week, Tuesday-Friday. We hope that you enjoy the video chapters below. Chapter 1-The Guitar That Lives in The Music House Chapter 2- Knuffle Bunny and Bear by Bailee and IsabelleChapter 3- The Sonic House by Cal and RawlsChapter 4- Paint Flower By Ava and Zari Chapter 5- The Broken Mad Bell By Ellie and Whit Chapter 6- The Symbol Tree by Fay and FordA look at next week... What Do We Know About Our Friend Ford?
Drawing Ford's Portrait
The First Draft
The Second Draft
Drawing Ford's Favorite Things
Adding details with Watercolor Paints and Penils
Celebrating Ford With His FamilyFord's mom Jess, dad Wes and older sister, Lily joined us to celebrate Ford with a special treat of Dunkin' Munchkins. Then they read a few of Ford's favorite stories. Ford proudly read Blue Hat Green Hat, which his family had shared before, during his Brown Room birthday celebration. Lily read If You Give A Moose A Muffin. and Jess and Wes added two selections from a Curious George collection. After Ford's chosen stories, the Tucker Room sang "If It's You're Birthday and You Know It," he walked around the candle 6 times and blew it out with one big puff of air! Then it was time for the birthday committee to present his gift.
Ford's Gifts "Let's do diamonds. All the little details, the diamonds." Whit He will love them (his favorite things) because his best friends did them. Zari Interviewing ZariZari's Birthday Committee: Ava, Rawls, and Isabelle.
What do you already know about Zari? Ava: She is kind. Isabelle: Her favorite color is pink. And purple too. Zari: And blue and green. Rawls: My favorite color is blue. Isabelle: My favorite color is all the colors. Rawls: Like rainbow? Isabelle: Her favorite animal is a cat. Zari: No, actually it is a zebra and a unicorn. Well, both of them are, but my favorite is unicorns. Rawls: What do you like Zari? Zari: You can figure out what I like. Rawls: I think she likes flowers. Zari: Only if they’re pink or green. Isabelle: Zari, what’s your favorite food? Zari: I have a lot of favorite foods. One of my favorites is mac and cheese. Isabelle: I knew it! Zari: And my second favorite is pizza. The other one is cheese burgers and ice cream. Isabelle: What is your favorite place that you go to? Zari: I like to go to Scramble. It’s like this jumpy place. I think everyone’s been there. Like with a trampoline any time it’s the weekend I try to beg my mommy and daddy to let me go, but they never let me so I have to wait until it’s my birthday. It’s my most favorite place and I only like the slide the best. Ava: I’ve been to Scramble and there’s birthday parties. Ava: What’s your favorite kind of fruit? Zari: Oranges and bananas. Taking pictures of Zari to support with drawing her birthday portrait.
I took so many. Rawls Drawing and Painting Zari's PortraitAva: That looks more like an eye. Isabelle: Her hair is curly like this. Can I draw her mouth? Her teeth are on the bottom. I know what a nose looks like. You connect it together like that. Ava: Yes, this looks great! She looks great and having fun. Isabelle: We can add flowers like in her picture. Ava: That looks nice. This is hard work.
Choosing a color palette for Zari's Portrait. Painting together. Isabelle: Can I paint her first? Ava: I want to do her lips. Isabelle: I want to do the flowers. Ava: It’s dark like her skin. That looks kind of like mine (eyes). Mine are like brown. Mine are really brown. I like brown eyes. Purple for her hair. Isabelle: No, her hair’s like more darkish. Ava: What if we colored her hair gold? My hair’s not gold. Just a touch of gold. She looks so cute. Isabelle: She looks like a person that’s smiling. Ava: This will be amazing. Zari will love this. I loved my portrait. My portrait’s at home. That will look wonderful. This will look splendid for her. Zari's a good friend. Isabelle  A Portrait of Zari by Isabelle, Rawls and Ava. Zari's Favorite ThingsFirst, drawing.
          
Then, painting. Rawls: Peachish. See it matches! There’s a little bit of yellow (inside of the flower). Ava: Did you know that’s a rainbow (above the unicorn)? Isabelle: (While drawing Scramble). This is a door and this is a person that waits for the people to come Whit: Wow you really remember Scramble. Isabelle: That’s because I’ve been there. Whit: I’ve been their five times. Ava: I’ve been there for birthdays. Ava: There’s a flower too. I’m making a flower for her. Isabelle: Can I draw the oranges too? Theres a bunch. I’ll make another one because there’s a lot of oranges. Whit: I need scissors to cut something out. Ava: What is a copy? When we go get new paper? Whit: No, it’s like this what we draw like when you copy what you’re drawing but another person did it. Ava: No, it’s a machine. Did I draw ears on my zebra? Ava adds ears to her zebra. Zari's CelebrationAfter sharing her vanilla and chocolate mini-cupcake birthday snack, we joined Zari, her mom, dad and little brother, Freddie, on the birthday blanket. Zari's dad read How to Catch a Mermaid by Adam Wallace and her mom read Ice Cream Face by Heidi Woodward Sheffield. They also had a special song to share called Peanut Butter in a Cup. Zari then walked around the birthday candle five times, blew out her candle, and finally we sang her our Tucker Room Birthday song. Zari's birthday committee presented her birthday portrait gift and the drawings of her favorite things. The Tucker Room wishes you a very happy 5th birthday, Zari! All About Golf With "Pop" This week's mystery reader was Ford's grandfather, "Pop." Pop read The ABC's of Golf by Susan Greene to the Tucker children. Pop and Ford adore their golfing time together and it was so special to be able to hear more about their experiences. Pop came prepared with a full demonstration of the different kinds of golf clubs and even generously gave each child their own golf ball! Thanks so much, Pop! A look at next week... We'll see you all on Tuesday! As the days of the Tucker Room wane, we are revisiting materials that we have used over the last three years in the studio through the lens of spring. This week, the children delighted in the experiences of collage for a last time in the Tucker Room. It is easy to see the planning and thought that went into each of their projects. Critical Thinking
I forgot that I already did 2. Now I did 3. Zari
Intentional Planning
Charlton made an intentional choice in his design, beginning with blues and greens and then making a change to his plan. Jack intentionally sorted through the flower catalogs in search of his special flowers.
Whit carefully measured and cut the pieces of fabric and ribbon for his collage which depicted a sailboat. Whit chose feathers for his waves, while Cal also added a ribbon with tassels as his ocean. Cal then added feathers for his waves.
The next few weeks in the Tucker Room will be busy! Here's a look at what's coming up:
We will also be celebrating birthdays for Zari, Ford, Whit and Emma before the end of the year. With such a busy month ahead, blog posts will not be as frequent. In the last lovie update, we shared the children's conversations and ideas about creating a stuffed lovie bear for the incoming Brown Room children. We last left off with the completion of their lovie pattern, and since then, its development has progressed significantly! The children have been collaborating with Brigitte to sew the lovie, and below are her notes and pictures on the process and progress of the lovie. Looking at Lovie Patterns Ellie: This is a wide circle. This is like the tummy, the head and the hands. Fay looking at a printed pattern: She did different shapes, because pigs are different shapes in all parts of their body. More than one material. Maybe not a different material, but a different fabric. Zari: You first draw what you make. You need to plan your shape before you sew. Ellie: First you draw and then you sew. We did not do it all. We started with one piece. One piece and then another. Sewing the Lovie's Wings          Choosing the Lovie's Fabric Sewing the Fabric Squares Together       
Sewing and Assembling the Lovie's Head      
In the next update we will share the children's work on putting all parts of the lovie together and stuffing! |
