"It's Like the Arch in St. Louis!"

Moving the blocks out into the shared space has been beneficial in so many ways for the kids. Not only do they have more space to build, but they also have access to different materials to build with. Today, E found a curved piece of wood she referred to as "the arch." V saw the familiar shape and excitedly yelled, " It's like the Arch in St. Louis!"

B ran over to the girls and wanted to help them build too.

"We should try and make the arch."

"It needs to be taller."
"Yeah, we need these blocks and make sure it is sturdy so it doesn't fall over."

They got to work.

After many different attempts to build the arch, E & B ended up finding something different to build, but V stuck with it for a few more seconds trying to figure out how to make the arch balance. Although V was unsuccessful in her attempts to create the arch, she still continued to try and create a sturdy base for the curved piece to rest on. The kids seem to really enjoy our block area being moved, their work is continuing to be purposeful and collaborative.

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Submarine Update

Yesterday the Pine friends continued their exploration on how to create a submarine out of a box. They first started drawing sketches of how it should look. "It needs to have windows!" "We should make it yellow too." "It also needs a telescope (periscope)." Now that the drawing phase was complete, some friends wandered over to then build a submarine out of the blocks. They worked purposefully and explained the different parts as they worked. "We need to cut out a circle for it to be the telescope." B, V, & E continued to work with one another and make compromises throughout their building in order to make the best version of a submarine as they could. The three finished building their submarine, but noticed something was missing. "It needs a propeller so it can move!" How could they make a propeller? What does a propeller look like? The kids got to work on some research about wh...

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It was a Ms Amy day!

Happy Wednesday

How lucky are we that it was nice weather which allowed for much needed outside time!

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