Mixing and Music

We began our day gathering up ingredients to make play-do. The Little Frogs carefully touched and tasted many of the ingredients, and made guesses about what else you could make from them.

Then we took out our recipe card and measured and counted and added and stirred each ingredient.

After some discussion, we decided that it should be yellow, so we went down to the cupboard to find some food coloring and added that in. Carol took our gloppy mixture down to the kitchen for cooking later on.

We had puzzles out for Choice Time, and many of the Little Frogs are learning how to put them together. The friends who have good puzzle skills are also learning how to teach their friends.

This group was particularly proud of their effort. As soon as they'd gotten it together, they dumped it out to try it again!

We went out to the grove to explore the tree that has been cut up. We noticed the different shapes and figured out how they might have gotten that way. We also discovered more SPIDER-IDER-IDERS and webs. Some of them were so fine that they had managed to catch water.

We found another kind of spider that makes its web in the grass and builds its own "cave" in the middle of it.

We also revisited our pile of rocks and stacked them up to build a doghouse. It was heavy work, but the Little Frogs are a very strong bunch. Some bugs were also living in our rock pile, and we took some time to study them.

We even found a parade of ants, munching on Cheerios.

Soon, it was time for our very first music class in the John Barnes room. Our new teacher, Jennifer, played the guitar and taught us some new songs.

One song was actually a story about a seal and a rabbit, and we got to pet the puppets. We also got to do a little dancing and singing while we played the shaker eggs.

Back outside, we did some climbing and balancing, before it was time to go in for lunch. At lunchtime, we had a wonderful discussion about our day and noticed who had the same kinds of food in their lunches, and thought about the kinds of food that might make you grow.