After the show...

 What's going on in the studio after our big art show?
LOTS!  The children are still cooking, but now they are doing so entirely on their own.  I have brought in the toaster oven and set up a pizza making work as well as a quesadilla/burrito activity.  We have live basil and cilantro in pots nearby with which to season their creations.

 The children are eagerly eating the results of their efforts.

 Some children are using their sewing skills and creating functional items to take home...

like this purse.

 While others are taking block making to new levels...literally.  This impressive train was created today by several children working collaboratively.

 After some time playing, they decided to create train tickets for the passengers.

As passengers loaded onto the train, their tickets were appropriately punched with a hole.  When asked where the children learned this they unanimously told me, "From riding trains!"

Periodically they came together as a group to discuss their ideas and decide how best to move forward incorporating group ideas.

Watching young children work together in this way fills me with hope for our human family and our shared future.  Perhaps one day we will all embrace different ideas with as much grace as these children often do.

Keep checking the blog as we approach the last days of our school year to see how the year wraps up.