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Art/Drama: Bluffaneer and Buildzi

In my quest to challenge and intrigue the Muons I brought two games: Bluffaneer and Buildzi. With Bluffaneer, the kids had to decide if their friends were bluffing or not. The kids had fun guessing their friends’ strategies although……Yes, they

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Art/Drama: Puppet Show

Last week and this week the Electrons and Neutrons worked in groups to create puppets and a script, and then put on a puppet show for their group. Their creativity always impresses me! It also made me feel like I

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Art/Drama: Penguin Problems

This week we read the very amusing Penguin Problems book about a penguin who has a bit to say/complain about everything until a wise walrus comes and reminds him of the beauty of his life and surroundings. Then we made

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Art/Drama: Bloody Murder & Clay

Given 3 choices, the kids chose to play Bloody Murder outside. After 2 games we went inside. The kids underglaze painted or cleaned up their past clay work. We then began our new clay project. We used cookie cutters on slabs

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Art/Drama: Charade Cards

Today, we began with another outside game of charades but this time we used already made cards. The kids had fun acting out the whole stack of cards. We then went inside and began to sketch and to consider what clay

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Art/Drama: Squirrel’s Family Tree

Today we read Squirrel’s Family Tree which talks about squirrels’ preparation for fall and the interconnectedness between oak trees and squirrels. Then we designed acorn framed ‘stained glass’ windows with leaves, crumpled tissue paper and the most exciting part, grated crayons

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Art/Drama: Charades

We started off writing a “person,” “place,” or “thing,” on little papers. Some asked if they could, and then did, write some totally different. We then put them in a box and played a form of charades! The kids were

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Art/Drama: Bloody Murder

We gathered ideas to make a list of the projects we wanted to accomplish this session. We did some free drawing with some googling for references. The Muons flexed their individuality as well as influencing each other’s drawing inspirations. We then

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Science/Math: Paper Bag Monsters

We started art this week with a reading of Room on the Broom. Several of the Quarks asked to read it again right away! We then went inside to make paper bag monsters. The Quarks used foil, pipe cleaners, washi

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Stephanie's Ponytail

This week we read “Stephanie’s Ponytail” and “I HAVE TO GO ” both by Robert Munsch. We drew and colored as we listened to the stories. We played hangman and did Baby Animals and Circus Vocabulary Crossword Puzzles. 4 Neutrons

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