Forest Day Oct 22, 2018

What a fabulous fall day to be in the forest. It was a bit chilly in the early morning but soon warmed up and reached the low 60s with the sun shining all day. Many children noticed their shadows or shadows of the trees.

It was a great day to use our imaginations!

 Worm house--the pine cones are the couches

 Building bridges

 Writing on the tree

 Making salad

 One log is "The energy power place", another is a place to build a nest, and one is for resting

 Bow and arrow

 Using one stick to pound in another--made his own tools

 Salad

 In his deer stand

 Making cookies--with a stick for a rolling pin

 The antlers are married.

 More cooking

 Digging for treasure and making homes for witches and then the big bad wolf blew them down

 Digging for treasure

 More homes

 Making a campfire

 Cooking hot dogs on a stick

 Crossbow

More cooking

We were busy with our bodies too--digging, jumping, balancing, running, climbing, etc...
In the morning some jumped off the rock while others marked where they landed.

 Trying to move the rock

 Determined to move the rock

Mrs. Hruby found another snake but this one did not want to be held so we let it go right away.

One standard addressed today was:
Mathematical Thinking--B. EL. 5 Understands the concept of measurement.