IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Today was a wonderful “Day 2” at the Lab School!

We continue to spend a lot of our day familiarizing ourselves with the procedures and and routines of the day. Learning how the workshops work, building community, and establishing our culture will be a huge focus at the start of our year.

The students enjoyed learning about some new free choice options today. Yesterday, students were able to build with construction materials, color, read books, and play at the sand table during free choice time. Today we opened up play-doh, animals, and painting! Painting is always a big hit during free choice time. Only four students are aloud to paint at a time, however, I assured them that everyone would get a chance to paint eventually.

DayTwon, Abel, and Jaeda working in the sand table during free choice time. They were problems solvers together, and decided that we needed to add water to the sand so that it wouldn’t make so much dust in the air.

Story workshop, which is a new workshop for us this year, is turning out to be a favorite time of the day for many students. Yesterday and today, I modeled the telling of a story in my life using materials from the classroom. I have then, invited students to do the same. They are using blocks, natural materials, figurines, and art supplies to tell a true or fictional story. After independent work time, I chose a student to share her story with the class. The students listened intently as Aaliyah told her story of a birthday sleepover using play-doh. As our year continues, all student will be able to create, share, and publish their stories. I’m very excited about the opportunity to connect the craft of story telling with the practice of writing. I believe both will enhance each other.

Looking forward to the days to come!

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