A look back at September...

10/4/2022

Around the Classroom

As we begin a new month, we would like to share some additional explorations and experiences with you that have occurred in the Tucker Room over the course of the previous month.

Here are some moments that have taken place throughout the month of September, but may not have yet been shared in previous blog posts.
Enjoy!

Construction Projects

Lily, Frances, Remy, Jade, and Cate collaborate on a construction project.

We were building a house. There were two houses for neighbors. A house for princesses. Me and Jade are in the car to go to a wedding. Probably Remy's wedding. First she wanted to marry me in the Brown Room! - Cate

We were going to Remy's wedding. In the car. She was marrying Capers.
I was building a bed for Remy to sleep. And Remy was building another part of the house.
I was the friend. - Jade

We're making a castle and the king and queen and the queen of Paris live in it. We were the persons who built the house. The castle. I decorated around the pool for a pool party.
- Frances

A project that expanded over two consecutive days by Jack, Saul, and Michael

It was a electric race car. Maybe they're going somewhere (animal figurines). Probably to the animal park. And I think it's the engine (what he and Saul were building). Jack is looking at something. Maybe the map. Maybe he's trying to put blocks on it so nobody can steal it. The map tells you where you have to go to find treasure.
Pikachu was driving!
- Michael

Oh no, our race car is running away! - Jack
It can’t go by itself. - Saul
If someone is driving it, we have to stop them. I can drive and look at the map at the same time. Where can I go?
- Jack
We’ll need to stop. It will take 10 days. It’s so far. The race car is fast. - Saul

On certain days, a provocation may be offered in the construction area that might inspire different types of building, social interactions, and usage of materials.

On this day, an extra large world map was attached to the construction table and the challenge to accompany the map was: Can you "build" on the map without using blocks?

Multimedia Exploration: Painting and Collage

Step one is to do all the painting at the easel. With a partner. With Lily.
Step two is putting on the fur on the bunny. With glue.
Step three is adding sprinkles to the cupcake.
- Remy

Learning New Games & Trying New Puzzles

How to play Bird Bingo, by Hugh
So you take a card out of these two bags, pick a bird and you see if you have the bird that is on the card you put it on the board (bingo card) and then you try to match it on the big board. And then you put a red dot on it (on your bingo card). We could pass it around (the bag with bird cards). You have to get a bingo, a this way (horizontal), a bingo this way (diagonal) or a bingo this way (vertical). It’s when you get a row or across or down.

Bird Bingo is the best game. - Lucas

It was hard, hard, hard. There were like some pieces that couldn't connect and no connector pieces. They liked fitted together with bumps on them and some bumps fitted together. We ended up finishing it because of the box. (the image on the box provided clues)
- Finlay reflects on his experience with the 70 piece puzzle

How to play Pass & Match, by Hugh and Wilder:
Get three cards. The oldest starts. Don’t let anyone see your cards. Put three cards together to make a match.

Tree Climbing

We thought it was fun. Sometimes we acted like lemurs and monkeys. We play in the tree. - Wilder
We climbed up on the tree and said ooo ooo ah ah. - Hugh
Barking. - Wilder
Lemur barks. - Hugh
Which is very loud! - Wilder
It sounds like a bird. - Hugh

"Lego Friday"

Every Friday should be Lego day, okay? Because on Lego Friday we built the biggest plane. Jack helped with a lot of parts. All of the parts. - Saully