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Monday, February 6, 2012

Rhinoceros



Our morning began around the tables - first looking at some birds seed bears that a friend of Carol's gave her and trying to figure out how we were going to hang them in what trees, then with the spontaneous invention of some table games (that started off as puzzles).





Before we knew it, it was time for Movement Class. We started off with musical chairs, and then played games with jump ropes. Missy also got out some new balls - soft cubes and footballs - and we stacked them, threw them, caught them and kicked them.









After snack, we had Morning Meeting. We sang some monster songs and read a new monster book, One Hungry Monster.



It received many thumbs up.



After a few "Ring Around the Rosie's," we gathered for a meeting about our book. Carol had printed out a picture of a rhinoceros (one of our characters), from the Internet, and we met to make the character all together. Friends decided that the rhinoceros's body should be blue, and was shaped like a rectangle. We kept looking closely at the picture and figuring out what else our character needed, and friends took turns adding new shapes and parts.







Then we headed out for some adventure. The Little Frogs kept trying to guess what Danielle had in her giant bag - and she kept telling them it was different kinds of animals.



Meanwhile, a couple more friends got to take photographs of things interesting and beautiful.






When we arrived at the tennis courts, Danielle first took out some arches, and told friends that we were going to crawl under them. The Little Frogs were not buying it.


Next, she tossed out a LOT of balls, and we rolled them through the arches. We played many different games while we were there, before it was time to head back inside.





Friday, February 3, 2012

Characters


It was another busy day in Froggy-Land. Friends started off their mornings reading a few books (I love it that our class is so into books!)


While others created a Fort/Ice Skating Rink, that involved lots of giggling, crawling under tables and moving of furniture.







We started Morning Meeting by looking at the many monsters that friends have created this week, and noted how different they were.



After our Moment of Silence, we read, Go Away, Big Green Monster! Which got good reviews from most friends.



Then we got out the book that we wrote, and we learned a new word, Characters. As we read through our story, the Little Frogs identified each character in the book, and we made a list of them. It turns out that there are 10 characters in our book - and we need to make illustrations of all of them. Each friend decided which one they would like to work on. At Choice Time, friends could pick:
Snack
Sandbox
Monster Making
Cutting & Gluing
Books
Fishing
Dramatic Play









Then we headed outside, where the dramatic play continued.






Two more friends also got to go out on photography walks - they took pictures of many things...



...very close up and far away. The Little Frogs are very serious about their photography.




Have A Wonderful Weekend!!!