Morning Work

A play invitation

a play invitation or play

provocation is a way of setting up 

play to "invite" the children to explore something 

new with new items to spark

interest and lead

play in new directions

a family donated these cool leaves and fall shapes

and made us play doh

the children enjoyed making leaf prints

Charlie was our attendance helper

We had "zero" friends not at school

and Charlie counted 8 friends at school

Great counting

Right after attendance I talked to the children

about something special we were going to do today

Sometimes at chapel the chapel leader

will ask the children to be NINJA QUIET

so i told the children we had to be ninja quiet

for this activity

I then told the children we get to use a 

secret doorway to get to a special

hiding spot. I then said it is only OK to hide

at school if the teacher say it is

Then we walked ninja quiet

through the secret doorway

up the stairs into our attic

and hid

the children did an EXCELLENT job!!

In the children's minds we were playing a game

and one friend declared this FUN when

we were done!

I am happy no one felt scared or understood

why we were doing this

After our INTRUDER DRILL was over

we came back to the

blue carpet and sang and danced!

The children LOVE to dance

OUTSIDE

The children discovered "corn kernels" 

on our playground. Charlie and Aiden began

"selling" popcorn

They told me it was $2 per bucket and I could get extra

if I paid extra money!! So funny!

Jenna, Mila and Jemma enjoyed 

playing on the playground together

Nathaniel joined in on the 

popcorn selling

STORY TIME

Hazel put the book away for us after we read

Jemma was VERY excited to 

be the weather helper

She chose SUNNY

Aiden was our prayer leader

SO SWEET!

Nora was our snack manager

SNACK

After snack, friends can go to the 

book/library area and read

until everyone finishes

Nathaniel was very

excited to be the teacher assistant

Lots of friends raising their hands

to tell Nathaniel the letter

he is pointing to

Sesame Street Letter I podcast(only about a 5 mins video).. to help us think

of more I words

A few friends still needed to do their

summer tree observation

And also do their self portraits

CENTER TIME

Hazel had already done her self

portrait but wanted to draw her face

I think she mostly drew her eyes!

I think she enjoyed looking in

the mirror

A group of friends worked together

to construct this

"creation"

Then they experimented with

dropping the balls down from

the "tower" they built

into the "pool" below

They didn't use those words

but I am trying to describe what I was observing

It was very FUN to watch

and they were learning so much

and about

cause and effect

CLEAN UP TIME

Charlie asked to be the SUPERINTENDENT

on Fridays with less kiddos...not all the job get chosen

 so friends get to volunteer

to do extras!

we cleaned up a little early for our

guest reader

Prayer before our guest reader comes

our birthday boy

Nathaniel

Thank you to Nathaniel's

mom for reading to us!!

It was a fun treat!