Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011
9:30 am
Seedlings
“If I had a beaver, a pet beaver, and when I talked he could understand, I would bring him here and he would build a dam. …Yeah.” –Corwin, at the Seedlings ‘river’
3:00 pm
Storytime Drama
“Tip-toe, tippity toe… Hip-hop, hippity hop… Dig-deep, diggity deep… Slither-slee, slithery slee… Scritch-scratch, scritchity scratch… Creep-crawl, creepity crawl” –Off We Go by Jane Yolen
4:30 pm
Theatre Workshop
“I want Theatre Workshop to never stop!!!” –Suzie
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Photos © Jaime Greenberg and Sunflower Creative Arts, 2011
Thanks to Jonathan Iris-Wilbanks for additional reporting.
View the gallery:
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- SEEDLINGS: sharing
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- hanging (sharing bags)
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- puzzling
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- experimenting
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- bubbling
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- painting
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- waiting (for little Seedling hands)
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- creating
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- swinging (joy)
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- thinking
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- digging
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- filling (the river)
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- working (together)
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- watching
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- soaking (wet)
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- helping
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- washing
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- discovering
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- playing
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- being (herself)
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- blending (snack time hummus)
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- hydrating (Seedling water cups)
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- snacking
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- reading
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- cozy-ing (in the cozy corner)
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- cleaning
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- (end of day) meeting
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- STORYTIME DRAMA: starting out with a story
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- it’s a good one!
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- which animal are you? see if everyone can guess!
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- pretending to be animals
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- “slither-slee, slithery-slee” snakes!
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- THEATRE WORKSHOP: quick! memorize these items!
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- now let’s see if we can remember what we saw!
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- world’s saddest family :(
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- World’s silliest family!
What a great post – Love seeing the pictures of the Little Ones, especially the ones of Maureen having fun! Thanks for putting together a great blog.
By: Maris on September 14, 2011
at 8:22 am
All those bare feet – wet, sandy, chubby adorable bare feet. And wet clothes, messy hair, paint-y hands, and shirts, and faces — what a wonderful place to spend your days…… We need more of this and less technology and “advanced” skills for pre-schoolers (and all schoolers, for that matter!)
By: Julie on September 14, 2011
at 11:29 am
Truly magical. We miss seedlings.
By: CrystalM on September 14, 2011
at 4:09 pm
Speaking as a retired kindergarten teacher I want to say I am pleased to see how play is valued at the center. The children have so many different venues to play in. The many different materials and structures are inviting and colorful . What a wonderful place for children to delve into learning.
By: Lucille Johnson on September 14, 2011
at 8:00 pm
Martin and I are ending our day with this beautiful blog. I live it every day but seeing it like this really brings home how important our work is to each and every child and family. Martin says that the photos completely capture the fun of the moment in each activity.
Thanks Jaime for your wonderful perspective through the eyes of the camera!
By: Susan on September 14, 2011
at 10:11 pm
I’ve come back and looked at this post so many times this week. The pictures are so vivid and really bring me right back into the play. What a great space to enjoy. I especially love the faces that are so very intent on what they are doing.
By: Jonathan on September 16, 2011
at 10:22 am
[...] it’s not exactly the same kind of play we’re used to seeing our kids take part in at Sunflower–but, for all of us grown-ups, the results felt just as [...]
By: A playful evening for grown-ups « Sunflower Creative Arts on February 3, 2012
at 2:20 pm