How are you? I am good. I feel that I am getting to be back to normal with eating and not having a weird stomach. Jason is on the mend and that makes me happy. And the kids amaze me each day with their work, the way they examine and discuss things and with the way they treat each other. Life is good!
Today Tayler showed her three dimensional representation of the area she stayed in while on her trip to Florida. The children were very interested in this work and have been intrigued by these three dimensional styles of sharing ideas lately. Questions about dimensionality and ratio came up in the discussion. The children were very interested in all the water involved in the layout and also how warm the water was there. The kids also asked how deep the water was. This stimulated a discussion about water depth and how it might relate to temperature. Some theories were suggested that friends want to explore and depict for further discussion.
The children were also wondering about how your body acclimates to the temperature of water. They noticed that often when you get in, it seems cool, but later you aren't cold anymore. Other friends pointed out that this could be somewhat effected by the fact that when we move around our body gets hotter. So how do all these things relate? This might be an interesting discussion to continue at the dinner table!
The measuring of the finger crochet chains has continued. Henry, Paz and Tayler have used a technique of using rulers end to end and then also gems to keep track of how many gems. But this begs a question, what increments are they using to measure? If they are counting how many inches long, then why do they need to know how many rulers they have used? Or will this also be interesting and useful information to know how many rulers and inches they used? How do all these numbers and lengths relate? They are also testing strategies to keep track of the lengths that they have already counted from day to day. With real problems, which the children truly want to know the answer of, they are driven. We will see what they find out. How long do you think it is?
In our morning message I used the word "parents". The children were noticing that -ent is another ending we are hearing often in words. What words can you think of that end in -ent?
I hope you have a great evening! Love, Jennifer
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