Monday, November 26, 2018

Forest Day Nov 26, 2018

We made it back to the forest today after a break last week for the gun-deer season. It was chilly but we kept moving and stayed warm. 

Here are a few highlights from the day:
 Exploring the pumpkin
 Jumping and marking how far
 A brush--it smelled so good and was used to clean off many areas today
 Getting deer camp ready
 Digging in the log
 Balancing
 In the deer stand
 More balancing
 Jumping and marking the distance
 Communicating and making pumpkin pie
 Exploring the pumpkin and preparing the pie
 Climbing
 More balancing and jumping
 Communicating and working out different ideas
 Taking turns climbing and jumping off
 Got his "deer"
 Balancing
 Balancing and playing together
 Experimenting with how to move the stump--push, pull, tackle, etc
 Communicating and cooking
 Resting and building body awareness
 Communicating and building
 Deer Camp
 Resting 
 Sleeping at deer camp
 Climbing and jumping
 Hanging out together at deer camp
 Cooking food that soon became a swimming pool
 Using natural found items in play--pumpkin guts, mushrooms, leaves, pine cones, etc
 Making marks
 Moving big sticks
 Building together
 Pretending to be an old man
 Sheep farm and house
 Santa (stick), tree (antler), and presents (pine cones)
 Digging
 Building
 Adding "straw"
 Building
 Balancing
 Balancing
 The sheep farm
 Riding on and driving a bus
 Play together
 Snack time
Resting after a busy day


One standard addressed today was:
Speaking and Communicating--B. EL. 2c Uses vocalizations and spoken language to communicate.

Monday, November 12, 2018

Forest Day Nov 12, 2018

Today was a chilly but busy day in the forest.

Together we built and balanced..































Together we imagined and experimented...
 poking the frozen pumpkin
 cooking and eating
 some spots were frozen and some were not
produced different sounds if you hit different spots and with different sticks
 jumping in a new spot
 downhill is different than flat
 more pumpkin explorations
 a rock named "Stacey"

 chase games keep you warm
 sometimes hunting and sometimes acting out favorite games
 more chase games
 shrink rays and growing rays
repeatedly carrying the pumpkin up and rolling it down
 driving a car
 pine cone witch on a pine branch broom
 more flying witches
 warming themselves by their campfire before hunting some more
 the hat keeps my head warm
 but it doesn't melt the ice
 witch sweeping out her house
 how does the ice feel
 noticing and exploring the holes on the tree stump
 santa delivering presents (sticks) and putting under the tree (antler)
witches visiting each other on the rock

Together we were socially engaged...


























Next week we will not be in the forest because of the 9 day gun deer season. We can't wait to see how the forest changes in two weeks!

One standard addressed was:
Health and Physical Development-- A.EL.1b Demonstrates behaviors to meet self-help and physical needs. Dressing