Multi-step art

         Make a plan for a drawing

                    Re-tracing our work

                                     Add watercolors

Provocation with a tape measure

     The children have been using many words of measurement

     and comparing sizes with many items in the classroom. 

       "I want mine to be taller." 

              "Yours is shorter." 

                "This tower is a 30."

                 Recording our data

    The children measured the pendulum, shelves, 

     and towers. Look closely for the representations of these 

     items seen written before the numbers.

    

Simple machines

           Motions we have observed with

                the pendulum:

      Spinning, Twirling, bouncing, going fast, 

        slowing down, and high

A Sewing Experience

Today we worked on creating a pillow on a sewing machine. The children picked their fabric, pinned it in place, and used the foot pedal to sew a pillow along with adding stuffing.

"I'm going to see what's in here."

"I know how to do this because this is how my dad does it."

Direction

Elise-"Which way do we turn the screw?"

Abbie-"Turn it left. It's lefty loosy, righty tighty. See, this is left. It has an L."