Last week, two students had the idea to build a volcano. This week we followed up on that plan by making one out of paper mâché and wire, painting it red “like lava”. It then became a prop for dramatic play—this is the dinosaur’s birthday cake volcano! After building the volcano, some of the kids… Read more »
“It’s so goopy!” “We are making a slime puddle See all this slime?” “And there are diamonds in there.” “Whooooooooooaaaaaaaaa.” Recipe: Ratio of 1 Tablespoon of fiber supplement with Psyllium Husk to 1 cup of water and 1/3 cup black paint. Mix together these ingredients and heat on the stove or microwave until goopy consistency… Read more »
Last week, we started a real life recycle project, cutting up scrap paper into tiny pieces in order to eventually turn it into new, whole paper. This week, we moved on to the next steps of paper making: turning it to mush. After ensuring all the pieces of paper were small enough, we added water,… Read more »
Children are constantly exploring and testing how their bodies, strength, and actions relate with the world around them. This is called proprioception, and is still being developed in young children (hence all the trips, falls, and no fear type craziness children sometimes exhibit). This also contributes to why children hit and push: combine lack of… Read more »
We discovered a walnut tree in our newly expanded backyard! Brian showed us how to safely use the hammer to smash open the walnuts, revealing the hard shell and nut meat inside. Save Save
E incorporated the plane into the animal family play, using the semi truck to haul it to the mechanic. Pretend play offers a unique platform for everyone to bring their strengths and interests: different roles and plans can be carried out without one specific person necessarily having to lead or organize the play, and it… Read more »
Ingredients: Flowers, Water, Leaves, Water, Pinchers, Scissors, and Potion Jars. “The petals are easy to cut off. I wanna collect all the yellow ones and all the pink ones.” Iris created a potion that when smelled, “turns you into the biggest octopus, and the baddest, and it can eat you!”
Cause and effect is so fascinating. This repetition may seem simple, but the kids are getting a lot out of rolling the balls and other objects over and over again in different circumstances—-different surfaces, different angles, and with different ingredients (such as sand, water, etc.) involved. Many other elements also come into play—how can we… Read more »
Lots of meows, running, digging and playing. This imaginative play is a polar opposite to the construction work that has been predominant so far this year with a lot of these same people. The construction incorporates jobs, structure, and lots of doing, while the cats game is more about feeling, expressing, relating, and communicating. A… Read more »
This planet is the gassiest. Yeah, it’s made all of gas. And it’s so, so , so HUGE! this one has so many moons. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19….we counted all of the moons of all of the planets! Rebekah, I’m going to make an experiment of finding all the colors of all the planets. I need red… And… Read more »