4 Hour Class - So Much to be Thankful For!
October 13, 2014, 03:24 PM
Another week has passed us by, leaving us with so much to be thankful for!
Here's a peek into the past week:
Indoor Play
Clayten tips the scales with rocks
Justin pours little plastic starfish into the scale
Weston counts and sorts wooden beads
Adam helps out
This multi-layered fish puzzle proved to be quite challenging -
But that certainly didn't stop us from trying!
Noa weaves
Adam plays with the peg board
Noa tests out which objects in the container are magnetic
ANIMALS
Adam and Dominic had lots of fun with the animals
Matthew shows me a tiger
Matthew created a dark cave for the tiger
which we illuminated with an LED "fire"
BLOCKS
Some new blocks were fun to stack up and knock down
These wooden pieces were used to build santa's house...
"Santa's house with a trampoline"
BLUE SAND
We buried treasure in the sand
Sifted through the sand to find treasure
We shared
and discovered
We even made art out of the sand that had spilled on the table
So creative!
PUPPETS
We played with puppets in front of a mirror
ART
We made lanterns for the Lantern Festival
Drawing on chalkboards at the free art table
Cutting and gluing at the free art table
Mayu and Ella show me what they made
Making Turkeys
Ashton's Vampire Turkey - what makes it a vampire?
"Because it has more than two eyes"
Justin's Vampire Turkey
Everyone made a turkey except Dominic
MAKING CRANBERRY SAUCE
Clayten and Noa helped to cut some apples
Waiting while it heated up
Weston was curious about what was happening
So he helped mash everything together
Then we tasted the sauce, and here's what the children had to say:
What did you think of the cranberry sauce?
Domenic - Good! Yummy!
Weston - Good
Ashton - Good
Justin - Delicious! (Ashton chimed in - Me too!)
Ella - Yummy and tasty!
Clayten - I want to make it yummier. Like I hate it. (But this was after he had added goldfish crackers and bits of cheese to his fifth helping of sauce)
Mayu - Good
Noa - Good
Matthew - No thank you
Adam - I didn't like it. I didn't want to try it cause I didn't like it.
Dominic didn't want to eat anything, not even his lunch.
and of course, the CASH REGISTER
Clayten was makin' it rain!
Circle Time
This week we talked about where money comes from
Here's what the children had to say:
Where does money come from?
Justin - from a piggy bank
Domenic - the bank
Ashton - the store, every store
Clayten - two piggy banks
Adam - from the bank
Mayu - in my house
Weston - I don't have money
Matthew - Do you have money? No.
Noa - Do you have money? No.
What do you need money for?
Toys, cars, groceries, get clothes from the store, dinosaur eggs, phones, iPads, computers, water, lights.
We're hoping to talk more about working to earn money, and the concept that an apple costs significantly less than an iPad.
We talked about the letter "C"
And came up with a pretty long list of "C" words
We even worked on "CH" words
We talked about what it means to be thankful and everyone who
made a turkey told me (or tried to tell me) what they were thankful for
Here's what they said:
We also came up for a name for one of the parks that was previously nameless
We decided to call it "Tree Tunnel Park"
Outdoor Play
TREE TUNNEL PARK
The tree tunnel
Swinging
Climbing
Sliding
Jumping
Balancing
Over and under
And then a Zombie showed up to play "Zombie Tag"
brrrraaaaaiiiiinnnnnssssss!
We picked alot of flowers
Justin gave me these
Heading back to the bus
ON THE BUS
OUR OWN PLAYGROUND
Challenging ourselves
Climbing, of course!
And wouldn't you know it, that zombie showed up again!
THE SANDBOX
Weston helps me bring out the sand toys
Clayten fills a bucket
Domenic and Ashton work on a deep hole
Justin joins them
and so does Matthew
THE TURF FIELD
Playing with balls
Looking at the vehicles in the parking lot
Weston "cleans" this area
Justin takes a quick break
PLAYING IN THE LEAVES
A new friend
and old friends :)
I am thankful for our family, for the way we play together and the imagination and creativity that we all bring to class everyday!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nicole
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