1.“Humankind has not woven the

web of life. We are but one

thread within it. Whatever we

do to the web, we do to

ourselves. All things are bound

together. All things are

connected.”

– Chief Seattle

August 2012

Riley – “I had a dream. I loved my dream. I had a dream, then there was a place and then I did a show for everybody. Then I disappeared into the bed and I was home. I loved that dream! It was a fun dream because I loved it so much!”

Isaac – “Last night, I dreamed that I was already inside a clock and a flower. I imagined that.”

Tae – “My dream was about the police that came and locked me in jail. It looked like a rectangle.”

DREAMS: A popular topic for children during

GK2 Morning Meeting……

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RILEY – “It looks like a star.”

ISAAC – “It looks like a bee flower.”

BENNOAH – “It looks like a bee house.”

*JACOB – “It’s a spider web. It looks like it has a spider on it.”

SADIE – “It looks like a spider web house.”

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September 2012

TAE – “When I was dreaming, I was shooting somebody and then the police came and put me in jail

with my mommy. And, I did not have a dream catcher.”

ISAAC – “I was on a plane and the plane got shot. I landed on a flag and the flag broke and I imagined that I died. I fell from the tree and it broke. So, I landed on a trampoline and bonked up to space and landed in an

alien bucket. I met the aliens and they were kind of silly.”

JACOB – “When I was sleeping I dreamed about a ship and going down a water slide. And, I got scared

and the ship was sinking and I got pushed up by water. I sank and I could not swim on top.”

BENNOAH – “I had a dream about water and lot’s of fish. There was an Oar Fish, and I had a dream

catcher. It did not get caught in the catcher. It is a good and bad dream.”

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LEGEND OF THE DREAM CATCHER

Riley’s list of materials

**Feathers

*Beads

*Pipe cleaners

*Yarn

*String

*Shells & bells

*Twigs

*Bells

*Netting

*Tape

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*Darrell teaches us the important aspects the Native American culture and the legends behind dream catchers….

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Sadie is looking at the netting for her

catcher

Sadie is holding her pipe cleaner circle

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December 2012

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*The project is still open. GK2 is currently finished with their Dream

Catchers and have taken them home

*Aidan and Brooks from GK3 have completed their catchers and they

are on display in GK2

*Moshe gives us a new Dream Catcher book called “Dream Catcher”

*The Dream Catcher project was initially open during Facilitated

Learning Time, but we have now opened it up to students during

Exploration Time in the morning

*Children who have not yet designed or started working on their own

catchers will be invited to come in and begin creating a catcher

**** Side note: Riley informed us his catcher “really did not work”

because he had a bad dream. Discussions ensued and we sent home

new materials for all children who wished to add on to their catchers

*PUT GOOD THOUGHTS INTO EACH CATCHER……….

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Catcher Designs

On the Wall –

Alexander (GK1)

Herschel (GK1)

Ellie (GK1)

Kaden (GK1)

Roxie (GK1)

Zach (GK3)

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Catchers in Progress –

Everett (GK1)

Ariella (GK1)

Noe (GK1)

Marina (GK3)

Organizing and making lists for materials

Sorting and classifying materials by categories

Pre-planning with initial design creations

Creative and artistic expression

Fine motor skills with stringing beads, bells, shells, feathers, cutting yarn, weaving, making knots

Respect for different cultures, customs, history, and belief systems

Nature and elements of Mother Earth

Mathematical understanding of how many items - in what order – measuring yarn lengths

Eye-hand coordination while stringing and weaving yarn and small items

Patterns with beads and colors and sequencing of beads

Respect for others with opportunity to be helpers and volunteers

Community building within the 3 Gan Katan rooms and JCC with Darrell

Idea of Peaceful and Quiet work time

TO BELIEVE…..

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*Pleasant Dreams to you all from

GK2…