Our morning began with puzzles and flubber (and what good morning doesn't?).
Then a team got together to help take care of the guinea pigs, and get them ready for the weekend.
At Morning Meeting, we had a demonstration about how to use some new tools for map making. We learned how to glue on shapes with a glue stick and we discovered STENCILS! We learned how to trace inside a cut-out shape and around others - with a friend helping us hold the stencil in place. We ad lots of animal stencils, so we looked at each one, and made the animal sound.
The Turtles stopped in to sing us a song about houses. Then they taught us the words and the gestures, and we sang with them.
Danielle read us the book, Freight Train, and we helped figure out the colors. Most friends really liked this book, and some friends really did not.
Then we got out an exciting new tool in our classroom - the microphone. We are using it to make sounds and sound effects, and today we had our friends guess what our sounds were.
At Choice Time, we had several activities, including Crazy Noodles! We got to stick our hands in spaghetti and then mix in some colors. Finally, a chance to really play with food, without getting in trouble! It was a very popular activity, and a novel sensory experience.
Other friends worked on a giant map on the floor, using the shapes, glue and stencils.
Outside, we took some time to ride and run.
Then we played a game that is part of our mapping project, that we call, "WHERE IS THIS??" We have card photos of places all over the playground, that we will be using for our maps. Today, we used them in a running game, where the teacher would pull out one photo and shout, you guessed it, "WHERE IS THIS?" and everyone would run to find it. It was lots of fun, and many kids from other classes joined in the game.
Back inside, we sang songs with Arielle (who joined us for the day), and then had a Dance Party. After a few more sound effects with our microphone, we sat down for a leisurely lunch together.
Many of us are hoping for snow!
P.S. I think I fixed the video glitch in yesterday's Rock n Roll post. Let me know if it's not working. Have a great weekend!
