Thank you, Alexandra, for the cardboard boxes!

Melinda guided the older children in a science experiment: “What works best for making noodle necklaces” exploring three materials:  straws, yarn and pipe cleaners. The children charted which material they felt worked the best and enjoyed making necklaces throughout their exploration.

We studied and discussed the purpose of a ship’s oar and incorporated it in to our imaginative musical pirate play.

Later, the kids incorporated the boxes into structure building with cars, trios and magna tiles.

Tami read several “pirate” books aloud.  The favorite was Pirate Pete’s Talk Like a Pirate.

 Foundations:

F.2.1 Identify and use a variety of spatial relationships with objects (e.g., the child will move self and/or object over, under, beside and through as directed by an adult.)

F.2.7 Follow repetitive patterns of movement

F.6.1 Identify attributes of objects