April 10 Forest Day

Today we noticed changes--Changes in leaves opening and plants growing; changes on the ground including tracks and mole tunnels; changes in sound like many different bird calls, frogs peeping from the pond, and thunder in the afternoon; changes in temperature--the morning stayed very warm, but the last half hour in the afternoon air got much cooler.

Here are a few highlights:

We found sticky sap and some smelled it.

We found bugs and worms. We also found a few ticks so please check your child tonight!

We jumped, climbed, balanced, and tried to get a hat into the tree.

We dug just because.as well as, to create secret hideouts, troll houses, and troll & Bergen traps.

We whittled with our own potato peelers.

We played games with each other.

One standard addressed today was:
Creativity and Imagination
A. EL. 1 Engages in imaginative play and inventive thinking through interactions with people, materials, and the environment.