Good Afternoon!

Clipboards served many purposes today: such as holding pipe cleaners stable so that they could be twisted or “braided” as Clara called it AND making a chart that shows how many puzzles we have. Jackson commented, “I want to see how many puzzles we have here!” So grabbing a clipboard and making a chart seemed like the next step.

In keeping with our motion and fast/slow theme for the week, friends went to the habitrail to construct different ramps for their cars. We put a car at the top of each ramp to see which car traveled faster! A child was heard saying, “I want my car to go faster! I need to fix my ramp.” Children got together and worked it out. Our conversation skills AND trial and error skills were definitely put to the test!

We enjoyed stories in various settings today.

Elliott used the wooden blocks to construct a boat before a few friends came over to add to the creation! It grew in size and before we went outside, Elizabeth said, “Can we get a picture taken of this?!”

An ice cream shop was created outside where flavors such as chocolate, strawberry, and blue moon were made! The crew were on a time crunch as the bell was about to ring so they finally said, “Okay! We’re ready. Come get your ice cream!”

With it being poetry day, we read a few of our favorite poems in ‘A Light In The Attic’. As a group, we created our own poem with everyone contributing different ideas.

Some children took the poetry theme and used it in their journals while some of their peers had a different direction that they took their journals. Our journal time was full of kid spelling, where friends tried to sound out as many consonants and vowels as they could.

For breakfast, we had Corn Squares and grapes. Lunch was brown rice with shredded cheese and turkey, oranges/cantaloupe, and green beans. PM snack was pumpkin seeds and whole wheat thins. Our wee sprout for the day was carrots.

Have a great night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 4/28