Monday's Blog

Playing in the Commons

It was rainy outside, so we went into The Commons to play. Some friends played on the scooters while others enjoyed a dance party!

Pumpkins

It's pumpkin season, so we did many pumpkin activities. 

Making Paper Pumpkins

I showed the class how to cut a pumpkin out paper and several friends chose to make their own pumpkin during centers.

J.J. watches Mrs. Talley cut a pumpkin.

Friends cut their own pumpkins at the art center.

Nora made a fun pumpkin!

Selah made a happy pumpkin!

Renesmae made a surprised pumpkin!

Five Little Pumpkins

We sang and acted out the fingerplay "Five Little Pumpkins." 

Nora and Selah make their own pumpkins and gate.

Sink or Float Pumpkins?

The children really enjoyed predicting whether a pumpkin would sink or float. We tested a large pumpkin, a small white pumpkin, a medium striped pumpkin, and a fake pumpkin. Ask your child if the pumpkins sank or float? It was interesting that when it came to the fake pumpkin, everyone thought it would sink! (all of pumpkins floated)

Passing the pumpkins around before we made our predictions.

The fake pumpkin floated!

The striped pumpkin floated!

These are our predictions .

Renesmae and Nora explore the pumpkins during centers.

Selah and J.J. experiment with the pumpkins during centers.

Hammering golf tees into the pumpkin.

Farmer's Market

Building Together

Reading

Nora reads "Jack-O-Faces" to the class.

We read the book "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" and played instruments to represent all of the sounds in the book. It was so much fun!

Our read aloud for the day.

Happy Birthday Mrs. Helmkamp!

Today was Mrs. Helmkamp's birthday. We invited her to our class so we could sing to her.