Feb 13 Forest Day

What a beautiful day to be outdoors! We had fun sliding on our bottoms and our bellies, we chopped a hole in some ice, we relaxed on the ground, we climbed and balanced, and we used our imaginations. We added a bird feeder donated by Landon's grandpa:

We also drew pictures of what we did today. Here are the captions the children dictated to us:

Mason: "Me and Khloe played Trolls. I was Branch and Khloe was Poppy."

Colton: "I knocked over trees."

Jennifer: "Me and Alex and Ava were playing a house brush and we had to go surfing."

Ava: "It's a tornado and I am standing right there. I played cook."

Alex H: "This choo choo train is a monorail. They go on one rail. I played trains."

Logan: "We were playing in the water and a 'tormato' came."

Kassadie: "Mom and I hit the tree. We walked too."

Josie: "I wish a I had a train. Chugga choo choo...the train is over there and I shoot it."

Khloe: "We were playing Trolls with Mason and my imaginaery friend who was a horse who liked to play."

Gemma: "I was playing with you over there and we were playing cook soup."

Quintin: "Snowman"

Bentley: "Shoot gun"

Liam: "I got aten by a Bergin."

Memphis: "Khloe got sucked into a tornado. I got eaten by a Bergin."

Paxton: "I played with Emily."

Houston: "I relaxed on the board and watched the trees and looked for birdies."

Svea: "I'm sliding"

Emily: "I laid on the ground. Shaking the tree"

Braxton: "Breaking ice"

Montana: "I slided down the big hill."

Madalynn: "I sat under the tree with Mackenzie and Svea."

Mackenzie: "Rainbow"

Alex J: "I climbed all over the place and I saw a rainbow."

Landon, "I slid on the hill. I missed Grandpa and I love him so much more."

Gage: "I was sliding down the hill with Landon and Montana."

Amylea: "I found a fuzzy stick and I showed it to some of the kids."

Billy: "I hurted my hand."

One standard addressed today was:
Early Literacy
C. EL. 4 Uses writing to represent thoughts or ideas.