No Rain Delay For Us...It's Beach Day!

It may have been raining and pouring outside, but inside Buckle My Shoe it was filled with rays of sunshine! The children arrived at school ready for the beach in their bathing suits, sunglasses, and with pails and shovels for the sandbox. After some fishing, we had a picnic snack. At Morning Meeting, we sang Baby Beluga, Baby Shark, 5 Little Fishies and read Good Thing You Are Not An Octopus. 

Then it was time for the beach festivities to begin. First, by dancing to The Goldfish by The Laurie Berkner Band and going under the limbo stick while listening to Harry Belafonte. Then we played with the parachute and beach ball and had a dance party to The Beach Boys. 

After French, it was off to the pool in the Sunflowers room for some swimming, water play, bubbles, and delicious fruit smoothies, and even more dancing. Once we were all dried off, the teachers told a story and we sang more beach songs. What a SUPER FUN day!

Camping Day!

Camp fires, tents, flashlights, worms and bears were scattered around BMS this morning as the children entered. Right away the children gravitated towards the table with the live earthworms.Though some children were hesitant to touch the worms at first, by the end of the morning, nearly all the children gave the worms at least one gentle pat.

On the rug in the Daisy's room,Max went fishing near the tent while Hudson and Brandon played guitars by the fire in the Sunflower's room on their sleeping bags. 

During morning meeting we sat around the fire and sang many camp songs including, I've Been working on the railroad, Johnny works with one hammer, Do your ears hand low and John Jacob, Jingleheimer Schmidt. After we sang songs, the children roasted marshmallows by the fire as Ms. Rebecca told a story about Little Red Riding Hood and a The Big Bad Wolf.

After the marshmallows and the scary story, we went on a bear hunt in the Sweet Peas room. After a long day of hiking, looking for bears, canoeing, playing with worms and roasting marshmallows, we decided to change camp sites and get into our sleeping bags and listen to the story, A Camping Spree With Mr. McGee.

After our story, we made s'mores. Then Max made fires with twigs and red tissue paper while Ms. Rebecca, planted some flowers with Hudson, Brandon, and Scarlett. 

During lunch the Daisies read We're Going On a Bear Hunt and talked about what to wear tomorrow for beach day. The Sunflowers and Sweet Peas had a combined Show and Tell and lunch and Rebecca told the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Getting Our Sillies Out On Silly Day!

The children arrived at school ready to get their sillies out on Silly Day! We began our morning singing Down By the Bay and giggling at all the silly rhymes in the song. Margot from the Sunflowers' class spent the morning with us in her old classroom with us. We sang silly songs with Evan, mixed shaving cream together with paint on bubble wrap and painted with puzzle shaped watercolor ice cubes.

When we opened up the classrooms, the children took turns putting on a puppet show for each other with the finger puppets. Debbie painted Lili, Nico, and Scarlett's like silly cows. Then we sang silly songs: Sambalae, High Hopes, and Willaby Wallaby and read Boogie Monster and Today I Feel Silly.

"What Are You Going to Be When You Grow Up?"

Jamie was so excited to be back to be back in school after a long break. At Morning Meeting, he shared with us what he did when he was in not in school: "I went on the Buzzy Bees. It wasn't fast. It was slow. It goes up and down and jumpy and bumpy. It was jumpy, jumpy!" he said as he motioned with his hands the way ride moved at Hershey Park.

After Yoga with Lakshmi, we read Oscar and The Frog: A Book About Growing, planted beans in damp cotton balls, and hung them on the window. We are eager to see what happens. Then we went for a walk. While we were out, we stopped and touched the bark of a tree. 

AT Pick-Up time, Harry shared with his mother that we talked about  "growing" today and that he "is getting bigger and bigger". "What are going to be when you grow up, Harry?" asked his mother. "I'm going to be a disaster!" responded Harry with a big smile!

Earth Week Continued...

Max and Hudson leaped into the classroom all smiles and so happy to be back in school today. At Meeting, we passed around the inflatable globe. Max and Hudson shared with us were they went over vacation.

"I drove in the car to Illinois to see Grandpa. This is north." Hudson said pointing to the top of our globe was is indeed north.

"I went to the beach and I found shells," said Max as he passed around the seashells he collected from Miami.

We talked about how we are celebrating Earth Week this week and how important is to save water, throw away our garbage into a trash can, and turn off the lights to save electricity. Then we went for a nature walk. Outside, we touched a tree. The children said it was bumpy and smooth. When we returned back to school, we read Five Senses: A Book About Spring. "I see the tree. I use my eyes," said Scarlett. " I felt the tree with my hands," added Brandon.

After Dance with Elizabeth, we mixed oats and rice with brown paint and glue and smeared all over white paper to make the bark for our Springtime Friendship Tree in the classroom. "It's bumpy and smooth," said Max as he felt the material. Then we dug in the sandbox and played with the mud in the sensory table. Before lunch, we sang 5 Green and Speckled Frogs.