G-force Physics and the Big Goodbye
The Physics for Preschoolers class on Fridays through the fall went according to my best hopes! Hearing the kids talking about “pendulums,” “gravity,” and “velocity,” and even more importantly, identifying these forces in real life.
We looked at pictures of pendulums in nature, like a hanging branch, when the wind causes it to rock – but only until gravity pulls it down.
We made parachutes, a zipline, a pendulum (actually, TWO pendulums), a trampoline… crystal eggs… what else?
Plus! Fridays have been one of the busiest afternoons, with half a dozen “regular” buddies and our usual passing-through-crew of flexible friends. And Kez, Ayumi, and Tomomi, of course!
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As you can see on Instagram, the #BKCAllFallDown season has been a blast. This G-force Physics class was one of my more ambitious topics, but for the last two years, almost every season has been my favourite. Sharing my love of inventions, construction, science, animals, and mysteries with the kids has been beyond rewarding. Especially the sciences!
We have an amazing winter program lined up, and with Ayumi and Tomomi joining the permanent staff (it’s been three months already!), we also have an awe-inspiring team of teachers to present it.
There’s no room in the week for me to teach a class next season, but I have another project to tackle instead:
Storybook Buddings: I got the keys!
This week, I pulled the For Lease signs down at the still-embryonic Storybook Buddings, at 1438 Cedar Cottage Mews, in East Vancouver.
There’s plenty of development to be done in the next 12 weeks, city permitting, and it happens according to a schedule all its own. The centre-to-be has a brand new Instagram account, and… that’s about it…
To get the doors open by Mar. 1, 2018, I’ll be spending my Friday afternoons this season at the site of science-to-come…
Hopefully the kids at Storybook Buddings are into science…
