Friday, February 27, 2009

week 2/23-2/27

Another great week in WHPM, with a buzzing satisfaction of concentration, conversation and engaging activities.
Here, a student is working with the teen beads and carefully coloring in a complimentary worksheet.These two are pictured amidst an animated conversation. This tea making activity, a two person work, is very popular. While the tea steeps, an egg timer measures a set amount of time, during which we are encouraged to make polite conversation. There is a poise and gracefulness present in both the dialog and careful preparation of the tea.
This beautiful watercolor world map, took several days to complete and the finished peace reflects so much hard work and dedication.
Occasionally, we are blessed with an older sibling who visits and reads to the students. The resulting throng is often in a rapture of attention.
Working side by side on different exercises, these two students became so focused on the task at hand that conversation wasn't necessary.
There were a number of innovative language activities going on...And math activities, like this fraction work that evolved in response to a students thorough interest in food preparation,There are also some emergent projects evolving in the studio, here a student is translating a drawing into a fabric representation,and another child works on a similar task.It is always such an amazing blessing and opportunity to work with and learn from our students. Thank you for sharing them with us. We look forward to another fun-filled week, see you Monday.

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