Now officially open and ready for business, the studios have been full of enthusiastic kids and collaborating teachers since Friday.
KA bounded in on Friday afternoon to use the Solarium's gorgeous views and natural light to sketch the changing fall foliage. Their pictures are simply beautiful and entirely unique - a perfect example of how we each can see the same thing so differently.
Yesterday both first grade classes visited the Fabrication Studio with Ms. B. to begin an exciting construction and animation project which will demonstrate their learning about how trees change throughout the seasons. Using a beautiful poem to evoke imagery of a tree's life cycle, classes brainstormed how trees change and then how they could build a dynamic representation that could be photographed and turned into a simple animation.
KB and 3A came together in the Design Studio to measure, paint and cut out their gigantic 30 ft. boa constrictor in conjunction with their combined study of rainforests for our fall Journeys theme. Having this enormous flexible space allowed them to easily accomplish the fun task with everyone painting at once.
At the same time, 1B and 4A used the Media & Computing Studio to record their Cinderella Puppet Stories which they've been working on as book buddies. Watching students of different ages pair to share an experience is always so touching. It really helps build community in the Lower School - just one of the many benefits of having these special spaces for our students.
