Day 18: (Mon Nov 7, Week 11) Children’s School Prototype Test

Notes for 2022-11-07.

Administrative

Today’s class is devoted to prototype testing at the Children’s School.

Schedule:

  • 12:20-1:00 set up projects in school

  • 1:00 start testing PreSchool 4s

  • 1:30 start testing Kindergarteners

  • 1:50-2:10 pack up and return projects to lab

General notes:

  1. Everyone: please bring your own extension cord. Power strips will need plug covers on unused outlets; either avoid them, keep them small, or use every socket.

  2. Children will rotate between stations every five minutes or so.

  3. We’re skipping the PreSchool 3s on this round.

Locations:

  1. Green Room carpet areas:

    • Inflatable Skeeball

    • Modular Marble Run

  2. Kitchen: Marble Painter

  3. Discovery Area (outside the red, blue, and green classrooms)

    • Magnet Box. Small table requested.

    • Megaslide. Smooth floor requested.

Overall: we’ll need to be fast and efficient. Please be as self-sufficient and resourceful as possible. I still highly recommend thinking through setup and writing out a checklist. And please keep me informed about any last-minute problems.

I’m looking forward to seeing your projects. These visits are hectic but can be really fun. Please keep your eyes open for surprising reactions from the children, they will teach all us a great deal.