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Today as children were continuing their inquiry about lines, they engaged in many different languages. With building, children were invited to think about how to construct tall lines. Quickly one student realized that they would need additional support the taller the structure became.  Later a group of children wondered could they make hollow lines?  Outside a few students noticed some lines on the ground... quickly they realized it was tracks! What kind of tracks? The hunt began.  J - Look at these tracks! Excavator or Dump Truck. I'm not sure yet.  J - They go all the way around here! C'mon!  J - Here is more evidence. Trash. I bet it is an excavator then. 

 

Today we continued our Line Study and children were able to engage with a variety of different invitations to spark their interest. We had line loose parts, lines with the projector, and big building lines! Children wondered, "Where do lines go?" and "What can you make with lines?  Pipe cleaner lines became good caterpillars and evil caterpillars that had epic battles.  C and J realized that lines can mix colors together as they layer on top of each other.  Z lined up all the different colored pieces and walked over them. Her lines became stepping stones as she continuously jumped at each one.  Z was able to paint her Birthday Canvas and title it for our wall. "Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, Turkey." was the name of her piece :) 

We continued our line study in the Forest today by asking children, "What lines live in the Forest?" They found many different lines and noticed that the lines connected all around them to make up the trees. We are excited to see where this study goes and how children will continue to make connections. 

We continued our line study by asking two different questions: "Where does a line go?" and "What can you make with lines?"  We created a glue table where children had access to many different papers and many different markers. Some were interested by straight and hard lines. Others were intrigued by curvey and squiggly lines. At our meeting, children were discussing what lines we see the most.