The Drums of Autumn

We added a new dimension to our light and shadows today.

The Little Frogs were excited by what they could do and make.

At the request of one of our friends, we also brought out some modeling clay. We practiced shaping and rolling and cutting and smashing.

Many of the Frogs are beginning to develop their cutting skills and the strength they will need in their hands and fingers to draw and write. Working with clay helps to develop the necessary muscles and coordination, as well as being a great deal of fun.

Yesterday, quite a few friends in our class expressed an interest in drumming, and we spent part of the afternoon trying to find things in our classroom to drum on that made good sounds. Today, we went and borrowed a special key to a secret door downstairs. When the key didn't fit, we had to figure out another plan. One of the Frogs decided we should go and ask the Turtles (because they are our "go to" classroom). Turns out, they had another Secret Door key that worked, and we went inside to find some "drums."

Back outside, the drumming began. Some friends even set up whole drum sets!

We had some more outside play time before we headed in for a story. Today we read Going On a Lion Hunt, with everyone helping out, which made us very hungry for lunch, and very sleepy for naptime.

We Like To Move!

We began our day with a painting activity - getting our big bulletin board ready for all of our questions

Debbie Green came down to read a few stories.

And we played some rolling ball. The Little Frogs are very eager to test out their bodies - they are developing some great throwing, kicking, catching and jumping skills.

We also put on some music for dancing.

Our overhead projector had some sand in it, so we tried to figure out how to clean it. We went up to the office to get a key and unlocked the closet for the vacuum cleaner. (I only wish that I had the vacuuming  enthusiasm of the Little Frogs). It did get most of the sand out, and we deemed it good enough to use.

We had our snack outside and then had some time on the playground.

The Little Frog Teachers noticed again how much our class likes to use their big muscles.

Then we went on another walkabout. We found some new items to add to our "What is this?" collection, as we noticed that the trees and the plants and the bugs are doing all kinds of things we hadn't noticed before.

Look what we caught in a net!

The Little Frogs were very excited to discover the AFS tennis courts, and even more excited to find tennis balls already there! This led us into a frenzy of throwing and catching and kicking and chasing.

Back in our room, we read Ten, Nine, Eight and the Frogs helped count backwards. Then it was time for lunch and a chance to talk about our days adventures.