Gymnastics Monday!

Our Wee Friends are loving every moment on the gymnastic bus with Miss Jennifer. This morning, while our younger friends waited for their turn, we created apple art using laminated apples and dry erase markers.

Nate and Addi waited by the door and belted it out using magnetic spheres and rods as their microphones. Stephen continues to defend his right to be a princess too!

We read The Apple Doll again and checked in to see how our apple soaking in lemon juice was doing.

Macy noticed that the apple smelled like lemonade while Simon commented on how mushy the apple had become. We’ll let it dry out now and continue to study it as it changes form.

We are turning our reading area tree into an apple tree and many friends, using a picture of an apple as a model, created their own apples with red construction paper.

 

 

After Alexandra finished creating apples, she spent a long while working with scissors.

 

 

 

 

Kai and Macy worked collaboratively attaching the leaves to our tree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Princesses Alma and Umi snuck away into the Lego/Castle loft, carefully navigating each step in their long gowns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We asked the question: “Have we finished our Snow White exploration?” There was a resounding “no!”. So we studied the dwarves, assembled dwarf like costumes and paraded around the classroom singing “Heigh-Ho”. The princesses ended up back at the cottage asleep and the dwarves examined them.

 

 

 

 

Everyone gathered to receive a rose. Jane has planned the continuation of our Fairy Tale Study: next we will study Beauty and the Beast. She explained “The princess doesn’t go to sleep, but there is a very mean beast.” Our friends are still making their own connections on how the fairy tales we’ve read are similar/different. After that we will explore Cinderella.

Here’s an example of how our studies connect to our journaling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 For lunch we served whole wheat pasta with chicken, carrot/peas and apples. Have a great day!!!