Come On and Play With Me!

Brandon and Max headed straight to the sandbox when they arrived at school today. While Brandon has played in the sandbox all year, today was Brandon's first time this INSIDE the sandbox. Together he and Max played for quite some time. Hudson could not wait to eat his veggie burger for snack. When he finished, Hudson and Scarlett worked on their collages. This time adding jewels. Then we colored wooden beads by mixing them together with purple, blue, pink, and silver watercolor and a touch of glitter.

At Morning Meeting, we sang Hello How Are You and High Hopes. After all of our hard work in the classroom, it wad time to go out to Horatio Park and play. There we ran, chased, jumped, climbed, and had so much fun!

Brandon's INSIDE the sandbox!

Hudson and Scarlett are rolling down the hill.

"Come on everybody! Sing With Me!"

At Morning Meeting, we shared ideas about what to make Scarlett for her birthday. Then we transitioned to the tables where we worked on her beautiful birthday surprise. During Free Play, Jacob made a clay sculpture while Nico and Jamie drew self-portraits on canvas and then painted them. 

When Lakshmi arrived for Yoga, we sang High Hopes and she was amazed by how well the children sang and knew the words. We took turns singing before it was time to say "good-bye" and Harry sang us Hey Jude.

"I'm Mr. Messy!"

When Brandon arrived at school today, he was so excited to show us his brand new yellow race car shirt of Lightning McQueen. Hudson, Max, and Brandon did very hard work as they focused on working on their on their wooden piece collage. We then had Morning Meeting in the Sunflowers' classroom with the other classes. We then sang Hello How Are You and today's theme was instruments so each child took turns saying their name and the name of an instrument as went around the circle.

After Dance with Elizabeth, we moved the tables to drive cars in shaving cream mixed with paint on the floor. "Wow! Cool!" said Hudson as he began to move the cars and his hands in the shaving cream. "It's so nice!" said Brandon. "Awesome!" said Max. The more we drove the cars and moved around the messier it became. And it happened...for the first time this year... it happened! Brandon got messy! Not just a little messy but very. very messy. "This is crazy!" Brandon realized as he looked at his clothes covered in paint and shaving cream. "I'm Mr. Messy!" he then said with so much pride! Hooray Brandon!!!

For Free Play, Max talked on the phone and played with Hudson and Brandon with and magnet tiles and pegs. Before lunch, we sang High Hopes and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Then we read The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Suess. What a very messy and fun day!

A Day Filled With Sharing, Caring, and Performing

Harry walked into to school today with two of his cars. "It's Harry! Harry's here! Hi Harry!", said Brandon and proceeded to give Harry a big hug. Together they walked over to the train table. Hesitant at first, Harry let down his guard and handed one of his cars to Brandon. They played there together for quite some time until they decided to work on there wooden piece collages.

At Morning Meeting, we practiced singing High Hopes. Then we had a dance party and danced to I Can't Get No Satisfaction and Get Off Of My Cloud. After French, the children were so brave as they sang High Hopes to the Daisies and Sunflowers. 

"Scarlett, I like your headband!" - Lili

Horatio Park

We had Morning Meeting together with the Sunflower's and Daisies' classes. Then we all went to Horatio park where the children did lots of climbing, blew bubbles, drew with chalk and ran around! What a gorgeous day! When we returned to school, the children took turns splatter painting with Popsicle sticks. "Throw it, throw it!" the children chanted and giggled as they worked.

Before lunch we sang High Hopes and the ABC's and read Jamberry.

What a gorgeous day!

  

"Leaves, Flowers, and Branches"

Harry was so excited to show us his owl this morning that we read Owl Moon during snack. Then we had a quick meeting and we went to Horatio Park early to enjoy the beautiful weather. The children were so excited to run, slide down the slide, climb, and draw with chalk. When we returned, we had music with Evan and the children each had a turn to play his African violin. After Debbie read Little Gorilla, we laid down on the floor, looked up at the class tree, and asked the class if they we need to add more to it. "Leaves, flowers, and branches," Harry, Lili, and Scarlett mentioned.

Busy Day

What a busy day we had! First, Max, Brandon, and Hudson raced their cars and built towers with the Unifix cubes. Then we had Morning Meeting with the Daisies and the Sunflowers. Then we went out for a walk to the store to buy Q-Tips for some projects and had such an amazing adventure. 

When we returned from our walk, Max, Hudson, and Brandon were very focused as they created a masterpiece for the art show using tempera paint, brushes, glue bottles with tempera paint, and flowers. We concluded our morning singing High Hopes.