On Thursday we got our hands into clay! We started off by rolling out a slab, made a print, and gave it shape. The kids also started additional projects with their own unique ideas ranging from a relief flower, to dice,
Nature Study: Birdsong
We began with a brief discussion of the Mohawk people, and then read a Mohawk story: Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush, by Tehanetorens. It’s the story of how each bird got its song, the hermit thrush winning the loveliest
Psychology: True Colors
The Muons explored personality and took a modified personality test called “True Colors” which was developed by a psychologist who studied under and adapted concepts from the famous Myers-Briggs personality assessment (you know INFP, ETSJ – it’s where we get
Math Games: Spirolaterals
Today we talked about how science and math intersect in art… Two students play stringed instruments and one sings. We talked about how counting beats for notes is math and the vibration of strings and vocal chords is physics. We
Nature Study: When Winter Comes
The Neutrons and I talked about animals they might see on a local nature walk and about what happens to these animals during the wintertime. We discussed migration, hibernation, and adaptation, and evaluated how each of the animals we listed
Gym: Push-ups in the Cold!
We survived the cold! Many thanks to Vicki for sharing and rounding up extra gloves for us. Today we worked on push-ups, practicing them on a wall first to work on form, tempo, and breath, then inclined on the two
Writing Workshop: Genre Tour
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Gym: Movement & Mushrooms
We really lucked out with the weather and had a great time enjoying really fun activities! Alison brought some great supplies to help us set up games for our Quarks. We started with ABC’s of Movement with bean bags led
Writing Workshop: Dialogue
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Art: Foam Creations
This week was a mish mosh of various creations! The prepared activity was to use paper-weaving to decorate animals cut from foam. Googly eyes, feathers, markers, and other tools were also available for decorating the animals. In both the Neutrons and