Hole #3 Tunnels

The children were fascinated with the tunnels at McCray's Farm. The ball would disappear into a tunnel and the children would excitedly run to the end to watch the ball reappear.

Leo looks for his ball that has disappeared into a tunnel.	The golf ball appears in the tunnel.

The first tunnel came from a provocation set out by Dotty. She asked the children what we could do with a large box. Edward thought it could be a bear's cave and Bobby and Laura thought it should be a lion's den. Using the “How to Draw Animals” book the children first sketched their pictures on then enlarged them on the box. They painted in their sketches and then added the details.

Bobby drawing the lion for the lion's den.	Vic painting the tree.	Edward painting the tree for the bear cave

The second tunnel came from the idea of “bringing the outside inside.” Nico thought we should have trees in our golf course. When it came time to draw a blueprint for the tree Nico was frustrated because he did not think he knew how to draw a tree. Bart showed Nico how to first draw a rectangular trunk and then add a bushy top. With a little help from his older classmate, Nico was able to successfully sketch the design for this tree.

Bart's drawing that illustrates to Nico how to draw a tree.	Nico's sketch of the tree.