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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Making Stuff


It was a lovely early morning in Frogland. We checked on Alexander Flubber...he had gotten very flat.


We had some refreshments in the kitchen.



Played our new spinning circles games.


Took extra safety precautions.


And flipped Alexander over, to see what he would do.










Then we headed outside for a weather check. It was chilly, but not "see your breath" cold.



We did some very innovative building.


Then had Morning Meeting.




We read a new book, Monster's Playhouse. It did not get good reviews. Critics felt it was sort of scary and kind of sad - the happy ending did not alter these opinions.



We kept checking in on Alexander, who was doing some amazing things.


After snack, we planted our pineapple top. It's suppose to get roots.


At Choice Time, many friends worked on their characters for our book. They used the reference pictures we found yesterday to help them figure out what to put where.



We also brought the water table into our room. It was, again, a very popular choice. (If you notice that your tiny person is wearing a different shirt on pick up, blame the water table.)







Outside, the Little Frogs have begun to make up even more games. The rules tend to be fairly fluid, but they are excited by the process. Friends are working harder to find ways to mesh their games and interests - their are many phases of negotiating, disagreeing and renegotiating on the playground. It is a wondrous process.




Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Magic Spells


This morning, many of the Little Frogs had magic wands, and began turning one another into all manner of things. To protect herself, Carol turned Alexander into a glob of Flubber. Then we got worried that he might get mixed in with the rest of the Flubber, so we put him in a large funnel...then a glass vase. But everyone was very concerned that he would start dripping out.



We kept a very close eye on him....


...checked in with experts...


and watched as he oozed out. Soon, other friends had been turned to Flubber.



We left them in the room to go outside to the secret door to search for a water table. We were fairly certain there were monsters in the cellar. There were.



After our Moment of Silence, we brought our Flubberized friends to Morning Meeting to listen to our story: Monsters on Machines. We are becoming quite the Monster Experts.



Then we had another Inside Outside Day with the Turtles.


We set up the water table. It was very popular.







We headed out for a walk. Another friend got to take pictures.





And we spent time in the Upper School looking at art. We found Superman...



...and monsters...


...and cups with faces.


We stopped to sing to our friend, Nancy. She gave us animal crackers. Then we headed back. Just in time for lunch!