March 20 Forest Day

What a beautiful day to welcome spring! With the sun shining and very little breeze it wasn't long and many children were shedding their layers. We also took group pictures with the kindergarten classes.

Today we enjoyed a campfire treat of popcorn and root beer provided by Landon's grandpa for both the AM and PM classes. Thank you!

We also spent time:

imagining and pretending,

                                              pine needles are money from the money tree

                                                       Martin and Chris from "Wild Kratts"

                                                              a puppy and his owner

                                                             vacuuming Mrs. Hruby

                                                     making food for the 3 Little Pigs

                                          carrying a large spider (the branch was the spider)

                                                             a mom and her baby

                                                         a big sister, a mom, a baby

                                        "I got a good looking bear." (invisible on the ground)

                                                              "A campfire I made"

                                      "I'm a little pony and this is my little pony killer thing"

                                          "I'm gonna find some bag guys to keep in a cage"
                                                            "I lock people in jail too"
digging,

and building.

By the end we were tired!

We will have to wait 2 weeks before we head back out--next week is Spring Break! Hopefully you can enjoy some outside time as a family.

One standard addressed was:
Emotional Development
A.EL. 2 Understands and responds to others’ emotions.

March 13 Forest Day

The snow was back and we made the most of it. It was chillier this week than it has been in a while so we had to remember to keep moving and keep hats & gloves on if we wanted to stay warm.
We made discoveries.

In the morning, by chance, we found out we could knock the snow off the trees and Landon said, "It's a dream come true."

The morning class also had time to walk down and see the swamp where Mrs. Hruby and Mrs. Hartley may or may not have gotten the swamp water for last week's Dinosaur Treat recipe ;)

Both classes used the potato peelers for the first time to whittle sticks for cooking.

Some dinosaurs were plant eaters so we had trees (broccoli) and some were meat eater so we had meat (hot dogs). I'm pretty sure the dinosaurs did not cook their dinner but we roasted the hot dogs at the fire pit.

We were busy digging.

We were busy building.

We were busy sliding.

It was a great day to be in the forest. Hope to see you at Family Fun Day tomorrow--it's our last in the classroom one and Miss Nogee will be coming down to talk with the adults about kindergarten in Rio.

One standard addressed was:
Exploration, Discovery, and Problem-solving
A. EL. 3 Applies problem solving skills.