It was game day and we did a short discussion on probability (jumping off from the word “probably”) and the options were: the MUCH. LOVED. Tenzi Blink (card game) Logic Dots (match written instructions to a visual creation of colored
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
Nature Study: Poem Hike
Today, we had two objectives. First: memorize a poem. And second: make it to this river everyone’s talking about! (The kids had all been before, of course, but I hadn’t.) The chosen poem was “Cold”, by Shirley Hughes. We read
Nature Study: River Walk
Today, we walked down to the river. We discussed a variety of things, like how erosion caused the riverside to be steep on one side and how the river can sometimes get so high it floods the nearby road. We
Science: Squishy Circuits
Today we were a little ambitious and took on squishy circuits *and* making play dough in one 45 minute period. It was chaos, but we did it! The kids were scientists troubleshooting their circuits, and the adult helpers were superheroes
Gym: Holiday Bingo
Today we opted for a fun Holiday theme session. We started with Holiday Bingo looking for items that could be found indoors and outdoors. We had fun searching and settled at the shelter to play pin the nose on the
Gym: Grinch Tag
Today we stayed warm with a running interval ladder: Walk 1 minute, run 30 sec., walk 1 minute, run 1 minute, walk 1 minute, run 1:30 sec., and then descended. This was roughly 10 minutes of movement, and a great
Writing Workshop: Catch-up Day
We had a pretty laid back “catch-up” day…making plans in our folders, writing, and circling up to share! Thanks to all the bakers today! Hope everyone enjoys their holiday!
Science: Secrets of Winter
Today turned out to be wonderful but not at all what I planned 😀 We started off by reading Secrets of Winter by Carron Brown. It’s a super fun book where you use a flashlight to show animals in the winter.
Nature Study: Foxes & Stars
We started (as we often do) with some coloring during readaloud. Today it was Little Fox in the Snow by Jonathan London, illustrated by Daniel Miyares. This is a neat, poetic book that does “day in the life of an animal” better