Inspiration

When I have some time after this week is over, I'm going to tell you all about my amazing trip and my experience at the Reggio Emilia conference. I'm so incredibly inspired, and in awe of what I saw in The Wonder of Learning exhibit, and cannot wait to share the story and my reflections.






Jason places animals on overhead and sees how big they can get!






"My Family" by Ava

Dragons!

The last couple weeks, we haven't been taking as many photos as usual since we're working on getting to know another, and getting accustomed to the flow here at the house. Did manage to get these snippets.


Our newbies were introduced to the light projector.



Dragons and Clay
One of the children loves dragons and brought in a couple dragons from home to show the children. One was her stuffed animal dragon, and the other was her dad's dragon made from intricately woven rope, and Sophia's big brother, Domi, shared his dragon, which is carved out of wood. The children LOVED these!!



We then talked about how we could recreate dragons using some the art mediums we've previously worked with. The children decided clay would be the medium of choice that day.


Ms. Kellyann working alongside the children.




Corbin watches as Sophia's big brother, Domi, mixes colors for their paint jars.

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I'm off to attend NAREA's annual summer conference (eeeeek! so excited!) and will return next Monday.
See you on Tuesday!

Getting into the Flow

Since we have some new additions to the Terra Luz community, we've been spending a good amount of time getting to know one another, checking out all the interesting and fun materials, exploring in the garden, and just getting into a flow. Not going to work on any projects until we return after summer camp, but have started introducing art mediums to our new friends, and today some of the children worked with clay.



Yoga











Jason was very intrigued with the number box. He enjoyed separating the counters from the numbers and lined them up. After he finished, he pulled all the numbers out and spread them out.


"I made a boat!"
-Anika


"This is a city. For my mommy, daddy, Gavin, and me!"
-Ava

Why Children Need to Play

"Research shows that children who engage in complex forms of socio-dramatic play have greater language skills than nonplayers, better social skills, more empathy, more imagination, and more of the subtle capacity to know what others mean. They are less aggressive and show more self-control and higher levels of thinking."

For full article, click HERE. Excellent and worth the time to print and read.

Summer is Here

Summer session has started and we are happy to have Alaira, Anika, and Ayla join us!
Some quick snippets to start our week off.





Ms. Krista chiming the Tibetan bowl to start yoga class.

















Life is good at Terra Luz.

For My Lulu

This is for you, darling--
My sweetheart.
My second daughter.

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Quote | Malaguzzi

"The teachers need only to observe and listen to the children, as they continuously suggest to us what interests them, and what they would like to explore in a deeper way. It is good when the adults' own interests coincide with those of the children, so they can move easily to support children's motivation and pleasure."

- Loris Malaguzzi, The Hundred Languages of Children