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Squash and Sticks

We had an "in" day. Not "in" as in inside but "in" as in not going on an out trip. So.. time for some cooking and art projects.

We had squash and garlic from our garden so we added some carrots, onion, vegetable stock and a wee bit of cream ( ok, lots of cream) and made a pureed soup. While it was cooking Chloe said "Onion, garlic and carrots make the soup tasty so it will smell good". She was stirring the soup at that point. Colin jumped in and said " Smells yummy and delicious. I wish we could eat after.". Although every single child tried it ( our mandate) the general consensus was not favourable. Zev seemed to be the soup's biggest fan and showed his appreciation by eating 3 bowls. I repeat... 3 bowls!





Luca started in our class this week and he is doing amazing.  While he was playing with the airport with Cole, Zev and Nico he said " I have been on an airplane. I went to Taiwan. People talk different. I can't talk that. I forget." I love how he made that connection to his own life and thought about the different languages. He was deep in thought and I think he tried to say something in Taiwanese. Languages can be a an abstract concept and I am always curious to know what children really understand about language.


Last week, upon leaving the Food Bank, we walked under some trees that had dropped a lot of branches. I suggested to the children that they might want to pick a special stick to bring back to school to paint. Today was the day we painted our sticks. The children chose their colours carefully and used both thin and thick brushes.




Once the branches were painted out came the paper...
Chloe: "Isn't it beautiful?"

Loreli's rose bush

Loreli turned her brush upside down and used the end to make scratch marks
Other neat moments:
Emily reading

Bryn using 2 hands to draw with chalk


On a planet...
Moon rocks



Bryn buried his moon rocks "so no one can find them"


Quote of the day by Colin: Are we going to the farm today? ( we literally had 2 minutes left of class!)


And yet another awesome day!

Emily





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