Project Wild Child: Feb 19, 2018 Forest and Park Day

Today was a little different because AM and PM sections went to different spaces to play and explore. In the morning we were in the forest as usual, but with the anticipated ice storm (that thankfully didn't happen during our day) we stayed in town just in case we had to head home early.

AM class--last week I got whole PM class

The morning class was busy cooking, playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, experimenting with ways to melt ice, using tools for digging and cutting, asking peers to bury them in snow, and discussing what it was and what to do with the animal scat they found.

Shredder and some of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Attempting to break the ice

Getting her house ready

Making snow soup

Gathering sticks

Gathering more sticks/logs

Using water to try to melt the ice

Teamwork

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Using a different water bottle to melt the ice

Checking on the snow soup

Locking up Shredder to protect the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Now making pizza for the TMNTurtles

Cutting off a broken tree

Reviewing the boundaries because in the run and chase play some went beyond our space a few times

More cooking

He decided they should cut down the tall stump

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shredder

Working on the tall stump

Making a birthday cake

Balancing on the log while waiting for a turn to cut on the tall stump

Balancing on the log while waiting a turn to cut

Still working on the tall stump

"Birthday boy" and the chef with the cake

So many on the move

A little more sawing

"Bunny poop"

"Look everybody, we found bunny poop"

"Looks like raisins or maybe it's beans"

"Let's bury it"

"No I want to save it"

"We should plant it to grow a beanstalk"

Some of the bunny scat was buried, some was "planted", and some was left visible so the kindergartners could see it

"Hey guys bury us with the snow"

"Me too" "And me"

"Hey is anybody going to help me bury these guys?"

Lots of giggles when the snow landed on them and they would shake it off

Taking turns with the shovel

Having "snow" much fun

The Turtles are still busy

Giving directions

Final touches on planting the bunny scat to grow a bean stalk

The afternoon class walked to the park and found many puddles on the way there and back. In the park they were busy sliding, swinging, building snowmen, socializing with the kindergartners, and pretending to sell ice cream. When we got back to school we had snack and changed out of our wet things before heading home.