Welcoming Audrey

"I Want to Build a Castle for Audrey." - Janie

Today was all about connecting to our friend Audrey, who came to visit the classroom today, after the other children had left. After several discussions, Rainey Room B decided to work on two group projects to show our appreciation for Audrey. We decided to use our building materials as a group to create a gift for Audrey.  In addition,  they also created a poster for her.
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As we built our structure, it was a great opportunity to practice using kind words and work with each other towards a common goal. We learned about each other's strengths and interests.
"Maxon is a great builder. He fit his whole building into that tube." - Giacomo
(To Jane) "Your tower is almost as big as me!" - Maxon

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Over the in studio, we created a poster of Audrey based on her personality and what we thought she liked. Lucia added words like 'needed,' 'safe' and 'spicy' to describe our missing friend. Jane and Cedar scoured the room to find things like pom poms and googly eyes which they decided Audrey would enjoy.

Meanwhile, in Rainey A...

​​Our day started with new exploration at the light table where Brigitte has added a clear tub full of water beads and seashells. Yesterday we spoke about welch shells as a home for sea snails and today we had the opportunity to examine several of them noticing their weight, shape and light absorption as compared to the Orbeez. 

We also took the time with this new exploration to discuss how and what makes a good building material. For instance, CC came to the conclusion that water beads would not be a sufficient building material because “they are too wet”, but suggested instead they might work if they were “big, flat ones?”


In keeping with our building threads, we spent part of today identifying and outlining shapes in our obstacle course and outdoor classroom area. To accomplish this we projected an image onto the easel and used it as a template for our blueprint building/ planning. As we examined the different shapes, CC pointed out “this one is this tall, but the other is this tall” exemplifying the differences in height of material around the playground. Tomorrow, we hope to explore measurements and continue on with construction!

 “When it’s dark it's changing to black… that's how you know there's a shell” - Lochie on identifying hidden shells