Automata

On Wednesday me, Alice and Josie made an automata. If you are thinking what are you talking about? An automata is moving toy that has a cam, a frame, a cam follower and a handle. 

Last week was when we did the planning but I wasn't here last week so I joined Alice and Josie's group. Our initial plan was to do a moving dolphin but instead we did Earth. This wasn't as difficult as we thought it would be. 

First we made the frame. To make the frame you need a box with no sides, some cardboard and tape. First we taped the cardboard to the edges and then made the cam and glued it to the skewer. After assembling the automata we started decorating.

We printed out the earth and stuck it to the top skewer. Then we cut off the edges of blue paper and stuck it on. Then we painted the automata black like the night sky and let it dry. I really liked automata even though it was tricky, would you like to play with our toy?

 

LTP Junky Monkey

This week for Learning Through Play, me, Ella, Alice and Indie went to Junky Monkey. Junky Monkey is a place where you deconstruct and then reconstruct

to make something new. The last time I went to Junky Monkey, I was doing more of the deconstructing than the reconstructing, so this time I thought that I would focus more on creating things.

First we looked in the box with all of the toys and decided on some pieces for us to use.

Based on the toys we had chosen, we decided to make a playground/obstacle course. We chose a table to work at and spread out our building materials. We had 

lots of great ideas but decided on the best one. 

Once we completely decided on an idea, we started building! First we made a spinny thing that you sit on and it spins. We used a bolt, nuts, washers and piled them up until it was at the right height. Then we made a trampoline using a plastic cup, 

a net and a hair tie. Then I had the idea of making a slide going into a pool, so we 

leaned a plastic track on the trampoline and made a pool using the hole in the table.

After that we pretty much just assembled our playground and Koka Ngaire filmed 

a little person playing on the playground. Would you like to play on it?

Household Chores

This week for our quickwrite, we had to write four answers to four questions. The questions were: Should children help with household chores, What household chores would you enjoy doing, and why, What household chores would be your least favourite, and why, and the last question is, If you could choose between homework and household chores, what would you choose, and why?

This is my first paragraph.

Should children help with household chores?

Yes I think everybody should help with chores including children. Kids should do chores because, chores may seem boring but they actually make kids happy and feel good about themselves. Also kids should help around the house because, chores teach kids two really good things: responsibility and time management. Chores include: Ironing, vacuuming, mopping, dusting and making your bed.

Do you think children should help with chores?  Comment what you think.