Dry erase boards are used by the children in several parts of the school. Children look at each other’s drawings and ask questions on how to draw an object and take inspiration from each other. Today 12/13/10, a group of children were working together on the boards when Bryce said:
Bryce K.: “I want to spell my name.”
Laurel: “I’m writing your name: ‘B.R.Y.C.E., K.’ Now I want to spell Georgia. How do I spell that?” She looks at Teacher Sam.
Georgia I. volunteers an answer: “G.E.O.R.G.I.A”
Rowena is practicing her own name. She writes A.N.E.W.O.R (her name, backwards).
Rowena, holding her dry erase board up to the friends, triumphantly demands: “What does this say?”
Bryce K.: “It says Ryan!”
Rowena: “No, close, try again.”
Phoebe: “Does it say Rowena?”
Rowena: “Yes!” She delights in her written communication.
Laurel: “Look, I wrote all these names: Laurel, Bryce K., Rowena, Georgia, Maxwell, Mommy, Daddy.”
Rowena: “I want to write all those, too!” Rowena begins and writes Bryce ‘6’.
Laurel: “That’s supposed to be a K. That looks like a six. Let me show you.” Laurel shows Rowena the steps to make a K. Rowena then writes one successfully.
Rowena: “Look, I wrote Bryce K.!”
“The threads of listening among us form a pattern that connects us to others like a web. Our individual knowledge is a small part of the meaning that holds the universe together.” – Rinaldi, Bringing Learning To Life