Sculpture – Discovering

A Mind Wide Open, Developing Self, Fine Motor Skills, Fraction, Geometry, How We Learn Best, Imagination, Lils, Math Discoveries, Physics, Playing, Sculpture

Minecraft Ore Light

We are working on a light cube for Lily’s room, made of foam board, to represent an ore block from Minecraft. She’s chosen diamond as her mineral of choice.

A Mind Wide Open, Developing Self, Fine Motor Skills, Fraction, Geometry, How We Learn Best, Imagination, Lils, Math Discoveries, Physics, Playing, Sculpture

Minecraft Ore Light

We are working on a light cube for Lily’s room, made of foam board, to represent an ore block from Minecraft. She’s chosen diamond as her mineral of choice.

A Mind Wide Open, Art, Biology, Botany, Bugz & Her Explorations, Care & Nurture, CDE Standards Reference, Chemistry, Confidence, Construction, Creative Solution Generation, Culture Appreciation, Custom & Social Awareness, Drawing, Earth Science, Economics, Engineering, Geography, Geometry, History, Imagination, Invention, Language, Lils, Literacy, Math Discoveries, Neurological Development, Physics, Playing, Resources, Responsibility, Science Discoveries, Sculpture, Self Management, Social Development

This past weekend, we launched our first ever, private Minecraft world that we’re hosting. It’s been offered to a group of young kids from the WLU community and we’ve set it as Creative only. The kids (about 30 of them, ranging from 4 to 15, with all but two of them are under 11) are […]

A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Construction, Creative Solution Generation, Culture Appreciation, Developing Self, Drawing, Engineering, Exploration, Fine Motor Skills, Global History, History, Lils, Questions from Lily's Brain, Responsibility, Science Discoveries, Sculpture, Self Awareness, Societal Studies

The Year She's Carved Out

This is the first year Lils has had refined enough motor skills to manage the various tools necessary to carve a pumpkin independently. How excited she was yesterday, and again today, as she got to tell her friend all about her carving adventure. Last night she came bopping down the stairs, pumpkin in arms, lit and […]

A Mind Wide Open, Art, Artistry, Beautiful Curiosity, Botany, Bugz & Her Explorations, Chemistry, Construction, Creative Solution Generation, Culture Appreciation, Engineering, Geography, Geometry, Lils, Playing, Sculpture, Simply Nature, Society & Culture, Storytelling / Recollection, Thought Process & Development

On Electronic Media and the Jicarilla Apache

Perhaps I’m in the current trend minority, but I don’t see any benefit to limiting electronics access. Here’s my experience: By 14 months old, as a result of the screen, various devices, and my engaged involvement with my daughter, she was fluent in ASL, had 700+ signs, and the words (verbally) to go with them. […]

A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, CDE Standards Reference, Chemistry, Construction, Drawing, Engineering, Imagination, Lils, Movement & Coordination, Physics, Sculpture, Self Esteem

Finger Puffs

This contains Lily’s and Angie’s fingerprints. We used a bunch of different options for the colors and frame. Lily experimented quite a bit. We call this, Fingerpuffs. She made a second imagine all her own too. She called it, “A Beautiful Sunset”.

A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, Bugz & Her Explorations, Developing Self, Imagination, Integrity, Kindness, Lils, Movement & Coordination, Physics, Sculpture, Self Esteem, Self Management, Social Development, Thought Process & Development

Mud Sculpting

This afternoon Lils set herself up side by side with Mike, our wall texture/drywall hanger guy. He’s been working on his masterpiece on the ceiling and walls of our theatre for a few days now, and today she decided to join him. He is an extremely gentle and patient man. He’s pretty good with mud […]

A Mind Wide Open, CDE Standards Reference, Construction, Engineering, Geometry, Imagination, Invention, Lils, Math Discoveries, Physics, Sculpture

Stairs

Have you ever tried to build a stair case, or even a couple steps where there were none? If you haven’t tried, unless you are just inordinately gifted in geometry, especially if you’re too stubborn to follow a simple math formula, then you have NO CLUE how challenging it is (if you want them straight […]

A Mind Wide Open, Bugz & Her Explorations, CDE Standards Reference, Construction, Engineering, Imagination, Lils, Literacy, Math Discoveries, Movement & Coordination, Physics, Science Discoveries, Sculpture, Self Awareness, Self Esteem

Fossils, Tea Party Invitations, and Returning

Cecily made fossils with me today. She discovered what plaster can do, the unique properties of silica, and the term, “paleontologist”. She also discovered she could sound out the word, “bacteria”!!! Just so long as I didn’t pay any attention or realize she was doing it… Her level of development in the area of literacy […]