"What's a Collaboration?"

The Pine kids really enjoy being able to caper with kids from Magnolia and Dogwood, so today we decided we wanted to make something all together to represent our love for playing together. Before starting capers today we sat down and read the story "Sam & Eva" to get a better idea on what it's like to work together and make a collaboration. 

Magnolia invited the kids from Pine to add to their classroom project. 

"We have to glue this stuff down. There's lots of corn and acorns we can use, but first we have to put glue on I think."

J & M got to work. Each of them picked up paint brushes and started tracing along the preexisting lines with glue. After creating streaks of glue across the paper they carefully added corn and acorns to the paper.  

"They are sticking down to the paper with the glue. There aren't enough brushes though so I think we have to share."

"Yeah we have a lot of stuff though so I think everyone can use it."

J & M headed back to the Pine room to continue their collaborative process through markers and paper.

"Hey, can you stop drawing on my stuff."

"I just want to help you draw."
"I'm not finished yet, but maybe you can color on it when I am done."

"Okay, then maybe you can draw on mine too."

J & M sat together drawing separately, but still found a way to collaborate with one another. They came to agreements along the way on how they could work together, but still work separately in harmony. J & M displayed such maturity in their ability to make compromises and agreements.