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 Is it really only the second day of school? The children seem so happy, confident and comfortable within the classroom. Friendships formed in last year's classes remain solid and already we can see new relationships forming. We started out our day making our pizza dough. I was surprised to discover the children really did not know what made dough so I was happy to have the opportunity to share the ingredient list with them ( flour, water, yeast, salt, sugar, and olive oil). We looked at each ingredient separately and talked about the role of each one. Each child came over to the cooking station during free play to roll out their dough and put on their toppings. Needless to say there was lots of cheese sprinkled on and I saw several children stuffing shreds into their mouth as quickly as they could! We ate outside in the sunshine and felt the chilly wind on our backs. We spent lots of time at the playground and then rushed to come in to eat lunch- a fabulous day!

 
Rolling the dough
Spreading sauce

 
YUM!!

Making our journal covers
Beautiful day to play in the sand
Emily



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