Time is flying...We just finished up two mini units- Creatures and Thanksgiving. I was sad our Thanksgiving unit was cut a day short due to the snow day! I'm really excited though for our next unit of "Winter in the Woods/Christmas". From gingerbread house making to hibernating bears, we have some exciting activities and lots of learning planned. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving this week and please know that I am so thankful for each one of your sweet kiddos!
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| We're looking for signs of Fall on our walk to the park. |
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| We found some cool bugs to look at. |
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| We made it! |
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| Rolling down the hill |
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| Feeding the fish |
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| They're bats...sleeping in the daytime |
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| Name tracing on the light board |
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| Morning trays |
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| When one starts... |
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| ...the rest join in. |
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| Cars in the number bag |
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| I don't usually get out this train set because it can be frustrating, however, I learned that although it is a little frustrating, it is fun enough that they're motivated to work through the frustrations, and it provided some really good opportunities to work on the skill of what to do when we encounter something frustrating. We talked about when they felt frustrated it was because there was a problem that needed to be solved and instead of getting mad, we could figure out what the problem was and how to solve it. They did so well with that through all sorts of different types of problems- it was awesome to see! We will be getting this out more often. |
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| My son Ethan brought down some of his toys for the kids to play with during the "optional day". |
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| Hannah did the lesson planning and teaching while Eliza assisted. |
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| Painting fish scales with celery |
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| Yummy clay muffins |
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| Ethan had fun on the trampoline with them. |
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| Riding through the beautiful leaves |
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| Jumping in the leaf pile |
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| Cute Costumes! |
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| Pretending to be falling leaves with Aunt Kate |
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| Super Grover is super cute! |
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| All of them on the swing |
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| The letter "T" |
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| A standing letter "T" |
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| Snow angel |
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| Winter is here |
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| Drinking hot cocoa after playing in the snow |
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| Name activity |
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| Stone Soup |
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| Smelling the vegetables cooking |
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| Adding the rest of the ingredients |
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| Stirring it up |
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| Yum! |
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| Do you see the stone in the soup? |
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| Out of order picture...but another cute one from Christen from the day I was gone. Thanks for taking over Ms Christen and Aunt Kate! |
