Forest Day Oct 29, 2018

We had a beautiful fall day in the forest. We were so busy moving our bodies and using our imaginations. We saw more play including partners and small groups of children. We heard talk about Superman, the Cat in the Hat, Fort Nite, and a giant saying "Fee Fi Fo Fum". Here are a few things we did today:

 Balancing

 Climbing

 Balancing

 Finding an antler

 Balancing and jumping

 Using sticks to chop a tree down

 Climbing

 Climbing

 Climbing

 Teeter tottering

 Cooking

 Working to bend a tree

 Chopping a tree with an antler

 Cooking

 Chopping

 Group effort 

 A dinosaur and his owner

 Rolling a log up hill

 Rolling logs up

 Rolling logs down

 Rolling logs down

 Driving a car (rock)

 Noticing the stick has a heavier end and a lighter end

 Finding the tallest stick

 This stick is good for walking with

 Balancing the stick on the stump

 Making numbers with sticks

 Chopping

 Balancing

 Talking over what to play

 Figuring out how to move the log

 Chopping while counting

 Rolling the log

 Placing the log in the new spot

 "Do you want to go to Mexico or what do you want to do?"

 Relaxing

 Digging and drawing

 Climbing

 Climbing

 Using pine cones and sticks to make barns for cows and sheep

 Digging, building, and creating: also climbing

 Finding "gold"--the small rock was the gold

 Positioning a log so they could walk around on top of them

 Balancing and walking on the logs

 Balancing

 Rolling another log

 Barn with cows and sheep

Houses and barns and other buildings

Just before going to play each child was asked to find two different leaves and tell us why they were different--some found different sizes, some found different colors, and some found different shapes of leaves.

One standard addressed today was:
Social Competence--C.EL. 2 Engages in social interaction and plays with others.