Just as there are systems for mixing paints at the easel, so are there systems for using the space. Emilio is engrossed in careful painting with multiple colors. He has taken one pot of mixed paint from the shelf, loads a clean brush, paints, then washes and dries his brush before returning the color and…
A few children gathered at the mini-studio to work on partner observational drawings of sunflowers. The area had an arrangement of images of sunflowers and of fresh and decaying ones that invited children to cut, pluck, and examine their structure. Teacher Jen: When you take a closer look at these sunflowers, what do you notice?…
Grace and Josephine sat working at the natural materials and loose parts table in the Atelier all morning. They had made an elaborate fairy home and the fairies were seated around a wood cut table with jewels for food. They narrated their characters while they played. Grace: Ok! We’re going back to the desert! Josephine:…
After working in the Communication Center, Libbi, Persephone and Tulip moved to the magnet space and began building with magnetic sticks and cubes. They chose to work on a surface on the floor. Organically, the three of them started working on many small creations together. Mila and Ava walked by on their way to put…
At the Light Table, we are in the process of adding “little” versions of the children. Liv (discovering her little self): It’s me! Matan: Liv, can little me stand by little you? Liv nods and Matan moves her little self next to Liv’s. Liv continues lining up the rest of the little figures on a…