Welcoming the Youngest Children

At the beginning of the year, the Forest Room children can see the Garden Room children through a French door separating our classrooms.  This interest leads to questions about who is there and how we can get over to see them.  

We began taking two children at a time to visit the other classrooms and the studio.  The older children have met them with a genuine interest to introduce them to the materials and play in their classrooms.  These interactions have been particularly sweet, showing how compassionate the older children are, and reminding us of how relationships develop even from the first time children visit each other.

Noticing the Garden Room children

 "Come see our light table room!"

Garden Room

Painting with Cris in the Rainbow Room

 

A child shows how to use a "shot."

Meadow Room

 "This is my brother!"

Saying hello and introducing him to his turtle ship

Meadow Room

A brother shows how he tapes the shapes together.

Meadow Room

 "Hey! This is your sister's room!" (In a sweet, sweet voice)

Meadow Room

 Noticing the Forest Room from the Garden Room.

Garden Room children sharing a puzzle.

Anna shows another child's work.

Studio

                Demonstrating how to put putty on one side of the tube so it will stick.

Meadow Room

He found something to jump through the hoop so Anna made him his own "circle".

Studio

Joining a small group in the studio.