March 15th, 2021

Cate's birthday committee

On Monday, a new birthday committee formed and started their work for Cate's upcoming birthday. She will be the first child to turn 4 in the Brown Room! Cate had already let us know about her favorite color a couple weeks ago, "It's pink!" (Cate)

Throughout the school year we deepened our relationship with materials by incorporating them into our birthday present. Since we are currently working on sewing and it is also one of Cate's strongest interests in the classroom, her birthday present will be created through sewing. The birthday committee, consisting of Luke, Remy and Finlay, began their work today by collecting materials at the school's sewing table.

What do we need for our sewing project?

Lot's of stuff. A needle. - Finlay
Two needles (pointing at himself). - Luke
Fabric. - Remy
Rope. - Finlay


Together, we collected different kinds of fabric ("sparkly" - Luke), embroidery floss and ribbon in shades of pink and purple.

Once we returned to the classroom, we had to decide which fabric we would use as 'the base' for our sewing project. In order to find a piece that would fit in our embroidery hoop we had to compare sizes and match them with the hoop.

After we attached the fabric to the embroidery hoop we chose, we went on to the next step: threading needles! 

Remy threading a needle with embroidery floss 

Luke threading a needle with embroidery floss

We continued to prepare our materials by cutting fabric we would like to sew on the birthday present into different shapes and smaller pieces. 

Today we continued the wonderful birthday committee work by adding the materials we had prepared yesterday. Sewing through multiple layers of fabric requires a heightened level of precision and control. Fantastic job, Finlay and Remy!

Sewing on our pieces of fabric and ...

... securing our stitches in the end by making a knot. 

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Mystery Reader and new foods (continued)

On Monday, Bea brought one of her favorite snacks for us to school; beet chips, sweet snap peas and hummus. The children were especially interested in investigating the snap peas and popping the small peas out.

 I like the outside - Lily
You can also eat the outside. - Bea
I lick one piece and I bite it. 14 beans inside. Look, it has beans inside. - Daniel

Bea's mom, Abby, also joined us for snack to read a book to us, "Franklin's Flying Bookshop" by Jen Campbell. When reading this book at home, Bea noticed a connection to one of our current projects at school - a dragon - and wanted to share it with her friends in the Brown Room. Thank you Abby and Bea for a fantastic snack time!