We've been working on our Budding Author books over the last few weeks. All the children in class decided they wanted to participate. They are very excited and happy with their finished products and had fun in the process. Some children wrote fantasy while others wrote non-fiction.
Read MoreThe Friday before our break, we had cookies and conversation with documentary filmmaker, Susan Lacy. Susan pioneered the biographical documentary series, American Masters, and has directed numerous biographical documentaries, most recently, Spielberg for HBO, and Jane Fonda in Five Acts. She discussed her emergence as a filmmaker which began after receiving her Ph.D. in American Studies. Susan shared that she wanted to tell stories of real people
Read MoreThe performance at Watermill Center was a huge success. From beginning to end, the kids worked hard, collaborated with and supported one another, and immersed themselves in the artistic process with maturity and poise. During the question and answer period, the kids expressed their commitment to the project and appreciation for the opportunity to work with Lora and Bran in the beautiful Watermill Center.
Read MoreThe children have been busy creating one-of-a-kind Valentine's Cards for one another. We read Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane de Groat to get ideas for thoughtful Valentine's messages. We got ideas for some not-so-kind messages as well! Don't worry, we won't be using those!
Read MoreWe finished our epic read aloud, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle. In his summary of the novel, Charlie Troy wrote, “A girl named Meg has a missing father. She must journey with two boys and three mysterious figures into the darkness of space and time and survive. But they know nothing of what's to come in this wonky wrinkle." We are extremely interested in seeing how Ava De Vernay, the director of the film, adapted the novel to the screen.
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Earlier this week we launched Black History Month with a successful book fair and “read-in”. Classroom displays and shelves have been spruced up for February with an assortment of wonderful new books, by and about African Americans. We are presently in the process of planning a presentation for Soul Food Night. In keeping with our “Sea Change” theme, we read
Read MoreEven with sickness and snowstorms,we have had a fantastic two weeks! We know that Hayground students are extraordinary, but so are their parents! We had the privilege of having two such Hayground parents visit our class over the past couple of weeks. Paul Gartside, master Boat Builder has visited our class twice to work on drawing objects to scale, as well as
Read More2018 has gotten off to a great start with our residency at the Watermill Center. There, we are working hard to produce an original work of theater based on the novel Seedfolks, by Paul Fleischman. Each student has selected a chapter from the text and has crafted some work of Theater inspired from it. You are invited, as are friends of the school, to attend a performance of our work at the Watermill Center on Wednesday, January 31, between 1:30-2:30 PM.
Read MoreAfter a lovely winter break and a few chilly snow days we're settling back into our Sea Change work in the classroom. We took a trip to Circle Beach in Sag Harbor where we've been observing the seasonal change and the children are painting pictures of what they see.
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The Senior Learners are in residence at The Watermill Center. The first week the kids spent time writing flash-fiction stories, and the second week, we were joined by artists and parents, Lora Lomuscio and Bran Dougherty-Johnson…
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