"I'm gonna follow you." -LC

We took a trip to the "Forest" this morning. The children 

played hide and seek and recalled secret spaces that they 

have found on previous trips. 

The children discussed directions as they moved throughout the Forest. 

"I started right here and climbed over here. You get a turn to go this way." -LC

"I'm going to a secret place." 

"I'm turning this way." -CD

"I have to take a shortcut." -WH

"Let's go back this way." -LC 

Caper Time Learning

Caper time is a great part of the learning that takes place here at the AFC.  It is amazing to see how other children view the learning of what is taking place in the green room.  One thing that stays constant, is that children have a unique sense of learning and how they want to learn.  They bring their thoughts and ideas and make what you have been studying more clear with their understandings.  I love learning from all our caper friends.  

Learning in the late day.

Taking advantage of the weather and bring some fun learning outdoors.  We can't wait for spring!

Just relaxing and working a puzzle.

Finding flowers and sharing with a friend.

Letting the wind blow through my hair!

Let the soccer games begin!

Hi!

Check out my tower!

Let's Light Up Our Own Artwork!

The learning is always taking place in the Green Room.  The children are still exploring how to make colored lights from objects.  Their latest investigation has been with using their own art work and testing to see if lights highlights the colors.

Using flashlights to test to see what happens when the light shines through.  "It makes color" said DW.  "I can see the whole picture and all of the color." said EM

The children took their art designs into the Light Atelier and worked on where their work would look best  with lights.  The rope lighting worked the best.  Check out their work under the lights,

"None of these markers work." -MC

Megan noticed a lot of our markers weren't working. The teacher asked her to find out how many. 

She took the markers and analyzed what she had. Her findings can be seen below: 

                                Eight markers don't work

                                         6 markers work

                 "How many markers do we have altogether?" 

           When asked to share her findings, the teacher asked why she used rocks. 

     She said, "To count them. We tried our fingers, but we didn't have enough." -MC 

     

Easel painting

The language of yarn

The children continue to enjoy small spaces for their learning. We began work on designing a space

using yarn. We created signs to let people know the rules for the space and will begin using it next week. 

A Forest

A visit to the kitchen

                          Stirring 

                                           Patting

                       Rolling

                             Attention to detail 

Taking care of the hillside

Small Capers

                      Observational plant drawings in Blue Room

                          And sand on the light table 

 

      Some friends rode on the train in Red Room

          Other friends worked with ramps in the gym

Fun in the Motor Room

During Caper Time the children explore in the motor room.  Today they explored with different materials to build towers.  They used the large ball pendulum to knock down the tower.

Playing inside the maze is always fun.  There are many openings that take you through a large maze. You are never sure where you may come out on the maze.

And what's more fun than creating a jumping machines that allows you to jump from one end to the other.