December 03rd, 2020

Our Morning Meeting was influenced but the question a few children had for us: Where is Daniel?
Daniel and his family tested positive for Covid-19 and have been quarantining at home. The LaVecchia family is doing fine and only the parents are showing mild symptoms. The Brown Room children noticed Daniel's absence and were wondering about him. Finlay knew and informed the class about Daniel's diagnosis. 

Wait! Daniel is not feeling well? - Hugh
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Together as a class we reflected on feeling sick and what we do when we're not feeling well. What makes us feel better?

Finlay: Messages.
Hugh: Hug, hug, hug our stuffed animals. When I'm sick I hug blue bear and gray phant (his stuffed animals).
Lily: When I had a runny nose I did nose spray.
Hugh: One day Elle had a runny nose and I had a runny nose.
Bea: James had a runny nose.
Hugh: But already Elle's runny nose and my runny nose all goed away. Already.

​We decided to make something to make Daniel feel better. But what could that be? What does Daniel really like?

Bea: Bees!
​Finlay: Bumblebees!

(Daniel has the bumblebees as his symbol at St. John's.)
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We shared what we already knew about bees...

It has stripes. And it has wings. And it stings (Finlay)
It has ears. (Frances) - No, they don't have ears. (Bea) - They have antennas. (Hugh)
Yellow. (Bea) - Black (Finlay) - Purple (Frances)
Do you know bumblebees like pretty flowers? (Finlay)

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I want to draw a mail package. - Frances

​Daniel's finished Bumblebee

We think this bumblebee turned out so well and we will be sending it to Daniel as soon as it's dry.

We miss having Daniel with us and hope to see him again soon!
We're sending our love to the LaVecchia family and wishing them a speedy recovery. 
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A Lemonade Stand - Cheers!

Anyone want some of my famous lemonade? - Finlay
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Today a new kind of role play emerged - selling and buying. Finlay used materials from the light table shelf to make "Lemonade" with "chocolate chips. But you can't see them. And frosting" (small clear gems) on top. He lined the 'glasses with lemonade' up on top of a shelf and asked the room who would like to buy lemonade and it costs "Only 1 dollar!".

Before Bea 'bought' a lemonade for herself she used scissors to cut a piece of paper into long strips, folded it up and used those as "money". Round puzzle pieces and hexagon shapes from the light table were used as coins or money as well.
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​"That's all of them that I have. Sorry!"  - Finlay​

After Finlay ran out of lemonade Hugh decided to take over and offer food to the class. This time Finlay bought grapes, vegetables, french fries and "All the things. All the food" (Hugh). Hugh explained that it is not a store anymore - "This is a restaurant. He's eating at the restaurant. He's not buying. He's eating." Before we left the classroom to eat snack in the studio, Hugh  pointed out to us that the message center is now a table for eating in his restaurant and the light table shelf is "where you give the food to eat."
​We are excited to see what everyone will create, cook or sell next.

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