Multimedia Art

We ended the day by painting outside. It evolved into multimedia when Makayla incorporated the acorn tops which was quickly followed by leaves and grass clippings. As you can see they had fun adding the finishing touches to their masterpieces.

Creating a Worm Habitat

Today we created the worm habitats in our classroom based upon a book Tyson brought in for us! Everyone paired up and went outside in search of their "ingredients." The jars were layered with dirt, peat moss, sand, water, worms, leaves, and grass clippings. We then covered the jars with a cloth and placed them in a cool place. Ask your child about watching the worms move in the jars!

Exploring Color

"I've got a great idea... Color... and look!!!!"

I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

On Thursday some of the students wanted to bring out the big blocks as well as some of the smaller blocks during work time to build a ship outside. Multiage just happened to be out for their recess time as well and enjoyed brainstorming and constructing the structure with us. Later, Michelle's class joined us and it transformed into a spaceship traveling to Saturn and then Jupiter.

New Website!

We discovered a new website today, www.gamequarium.org. They LOVED the music video

"Green Anaconda." You will have to check it out at http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=3522

Worms!!

Many students have shown an interest in learning more about worms. They have loved digging outside in search of them to add to our garden and compost bin. We've decided to explore them further taking a look at their anatomy and habitat. Questions of inquiry that have come up have included: Do they have eyes? Which end is the head? What do they eat?

A New Friend!

We had a new friend named Koen join our classroom today! He and his family are from Colorado and we are very excited to have him with us.

Clouds made of milk?

We read this imaginative story today. Ask your child what sorts of beautiful things happen.

What do you see?

During worktime, some chose to take a trip over to our tree. We discussed what we saw and they drew a picture in their observation journal of such things as the tree, the lawn mower, and the lights.

Tilling up the Garden

Everyone carried our bean plants out to the garden and had fun searching for worms and planting their bean plants. We also planted some sunflowers, marigolds, and zinnias that we hope will come up before the year is over!