Morning work time
we have tri-colored markers that
are super fun to experiment with

Loving the play doh
with a variety of goodies...
googly-eyes
beads
little sticks
rolling pins
muffin liners

Lots of new activities out....
counting games and puzzles

decorating our Thankful tree

Colbie excited to share her
cupcake she made(from play doh)

working hard at hanging ornaments on the
thankful tree 

Yesterday was Ryan's bday

We recognized it by letting her
choose a story and singing
her Happy Birthday!

Then we came to the carpet
for a science experiment

Sink or Float..
Heavy rock...sinks

gourd..... float 

Lego........

Float

Next I asked the kids to think about what we already know

lego and gourd float
rock sinks
what will the pumpkin do?

SINK or FLOAT

Ryan checking out the pumpkin
then making her prediction

Each child that wasn't here yesterday
got to come feel the pumpkin and make
a prediction

All predictions in...
on same chart as yesterdays kiddos...

The pumpkin floated

SUPER EXCITED!

Teegan couldn't believe it floated

Next we started talking about WHY
the pumpkin floated and someone asked
if there wasn't a lot of air in the pumpkin
would it still float??
So we opened it and filled it with
water........

Made guesses about whether it would float or not

Most of us thought it would sink

But it FLOATED....

SO I googled why ??????

Basically for the grown-ups....
the pumpkin is less dense than the water,
so then the water is able to push the pumpkin up
so that it floats....

I learned something new today 😄

We bundled up and spent some
time on the boat playground

Story Time

Jace was the librarian today

Travis the Prayer Leader

Hank the snack manager

Thank you Ryan for bringing
GRAPES

So much fun with real paints!!!
We have the pumpkin sitting on the shelf
near the art easel... as our inspiration
to paint a pumpkin.....

So creative!!

We got the birthday bag out for
Ryan's birthday

Lots to explore in the sensory table

So sweet watching them play
Birthday Party

Sorry for not taking a picture today of the
loose parts play invitation tray
(invitation to play... really is just that..inviting the children to
play, explore, investigate as independently as possible)

But this tray is huge a filled with everything you can imagine
So much fun for the kids to explore and create with
I gave each child a frame and then allowed
 them to explore and create a picture in their frame and
then tell me a story!!

They are loving this and coming up with amazing stories.

Below is a picture of the children who had a turn today


I will add their stories to each picture and create a book

Center Time

Eddie enjoying the birthday bag

Teegan was the exercise leader

Squats

Samuel was the invocation leader