Oct
04
2011
Mrs. Clark
Max is working hard to hold the downward facing dog pose.
Selah is deep in concentration in the downward facing dog.
We are well into our yoga now. A few weeks ago I wrote about how we were breathing deeply and relaxing. While we are mastering that, we are now learning different poses. We have learned tall mountail, child’s pose, downward facing dog, tree pose, cat pose, lion pose, and so much more!! The kids are really getting into this and seem to relax into the poses more and more each day. We have even had a few fall asleep!
Oct
04
2011
Mrs. Argus
The frame for our airplane.
Last week, our friend Journey’s dad, Mr. Newbold, came in and saw all 85 of the boxes we had collected and our measured space. He asked if our class would be interested in having a structure built to frame our airplane and guide our building. After some class discussion (and a very enthusiastic YES from the kids) we decided to take Mr. Newbold up on his offer to help us out. This afternoon after lunch, our class was so excited to be greeted by Mr. Newbold, Journey, and her sister, Aidia, working on our frame. (which is close to 20 feet long, and about 5 feet wide) Our frame is made out of pvc piping which has been drilled together to hold it in place. The kids were fascinated by the process of how the piping was put together and began making observational drawings of what they saw being built and what ideas they had next for our airplane. Many questions and ideas have been floating around the classroom today. “How will we put up the sides of the airplane?” “Do we have enough boxes?” “Do we have too many boxes?” “Will everyone really be able to fit inside this thing?” We may not have all the answers yet, but one thing is for sure- the kids are truely dedicated and passionate about making this airplane a reality. Next, we will talk more about how to utilize our abundance of boxes and try to construct a way to help build our fuselage (the plane’s body).
Our friends are fascinated as they watch the structure being built.
Tags: capable, inspiration, project, thinking
Oct
04
2011
Mrs. Bucher
Today in the studio Mrs. Grotjan helped our friends plan and begin to build our puppet stage. it was so exciting to see the friends so excited to build away! They were so anxious to get their hands on the tools! We will continue to work on building our stage the next few days.
Sydney working hard on drilling the legs into the table top!
Oct
03
2011
Mrs. Bucher
Today was quite an exciting day! As a group, we discussed that we needed to begin planning out our puppet stage so over the weekend I printed out some pictures of possible puppet stage layouts. We voted on which one we are going to do this morning, and then over our project work time some of the children helped me lay out our pieces of wood to match the layout that won the most votes. The children then labeled each part of the stage.
Towards the end of the day, Mr. Nunn (one of the preschool teachers), and three of his friends came into our room to talk about tool safety and show us how to use his tools (which we will be using during the rest of the week while building). The children were excited for the prospect of using tools so I think they will be quite excited to start building!
Madeline's label she put on the "bottom" of the stage.
The beginning of our puppet stage!
Some of our friends helping carry the wood over to its spot.
Mr. Nunn and some friends showing us how to use the drill.
Oct
03
2011
Mrs. Clark
I have one quick announcement about Picture Day. As a reminder it in on THIS THURSDAY! The students are allowed to be out of uniform on that day. They can wear regular clothes 🙂 Please let me know if you have any more questions about this!
