Happy Monday!
**Our 3’s/young 4’s trip is currently being scheduled. Please check the blog tomorrow for a date as well as a rain date 
. Thanks!
Our weekly FAB’s include understanding the difference between an author and an illustrator as well as their specific roles when creating a book. Today, we read two books: one book had a different author and illustrator while the other book had a man who wrote the words and drew the pictures!
K.RL.3.2: Define the author and illustrator of a story in telling the story.
Our morning was full of creating, specifically at the art easel and with different manipulatives. Children took the chains and made belts and necklaces at different lengths.
Our pre-k/k group headed to the farm today. First, we went into the barn where we checked on the baby bunnies. They had grown so much just in the last week! Miss Tami was able to get a chicken for us. A few of us were hesitant about the chickens but most commented that the chickens feathers were very soft.
There was a lot of commotion going on outside and when we looked over, it quickly drew our attention. We headed outside where we saw a moving ladder transporting hay into the upper part of the barn! As we stood and watched, the word ‘machine’ was talked about and what goes into a machine functioning properly. We stood quite a ways away to keep our bodies safe but we enjoyed watching as the hay went up and then suddenly disappeared.
We decided to take a short walk into the words where we found a toad! Children made the decision to pet the toad but we found out it was rather jumpy! . We looked at Maxwell’s shirt as a guide to see what kind of frog or toad we found.
“Nature is a tool to get children to experience not just the wider world, but themselves.”
-Stephen Moss
Breakfast– Kix and PPC pears/banana.
Lunch– Whole wheat noodles with shredded pork, PPC banana/mango, and fresh carrots.
PM snack– Whole milk yogurt with PPC pears.
Wee Sprout– Fresh carrots.
Have a great night!
-Mindy
Link to pictures (WF AND FARM): WF 9/17