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On Monday, we became adopted parents of a dwarf frog. It was given to us by an alumni parent whose daughter no longer wanted it and I suppose she thought I was a vulnerable victim (clearly she was right!) and I said "Yes, we would love it,". Well, there is truth in that because the children already love this little creature. The Junior OSC children made Do Not Touch signs posted near the mini aquarium and our preschoolers made the frog pictures today and wanted to shower him/her with gifts. On Monday I asked them to go home and think about a name for the frog and bring their suggestion back to class on Wednesday. So, this morning we compiled our potential name list, with the understanding that we would be voting on the name. The name suggestions were as follows:

Cynna: Badgie
Colin: Jack
Brooke: Flower
Kayla: Froggie
Luca: Penguin ( NOT Penguino)
Alexa: Flower
Bryn: Froggie
Cole: Froggie
Emily: Ella
Zev: Spot
Chloe: Eric
Cash: Benji
Wayne: Jackie

The big vote was therefore between Flower and Froggie with Froggie coming out the winner by 2. A highly original name it is not but it seems to be endorsed by all. It will be interesting to see how long the interest for this little pet lasts since he really doesn't 'do' very much. I will keep you posted!




On our visit to Terra Nova last Friday, we received some beets from the Richmond Schoolyard Society garden (the gifts never stop coming)  We added some yellow beets from our garden and made roasted sweet and sour beets for snack. I only had a few helpers because children were so engaged in what they were doing they did not want to leave their activity. Alexa, Brooke, Wayne and Colin helped out cutting the beets and Alexa and Brooke combined the ingredients for the sauce.





While it was cooking, Brooke said "It smells like potato and corn." and Chloe said " It smells yummy. The honey makes it yummy.". As always, we all ate together and followed our rule that everyone tries at least one bite.

Comments about the beet recipe:

Little Emily: I don't like it.
Cash: Good
Colin: I like it.
Cole: I like it a bit The yellow beets.
Luca: It's really good. But I didn't like it ( this is not a typo, this is what he said)
Zev: I think I can try it. I think I like it. I like yellow beets. I like red beets ( I would like to add that Zev really really REALLY did not want to try it but finally he caved in and then had 2 bowls. Yes, 2 bowls!!

Creative moments at the art table, working with plasticine, wire and beads.





and a request for markers...







Some children were very interested in our letter "C" explorations. We brainstormed a list of words that begin with C and looked at objects that start with C and then wrote the words in cornmeal.






After class on Monday, the teachers discussed where we thought  the children were going with the penguins and eggs. We reflected back on our day and found that many children were talking about the roles within a family so we decided to open up a discussion on family members. The complicated roles of parents, grand parents, great grand parents, aunts and uncles. We made a chart at circle and tried to make sense of who is who. All the children were very responsive and wanted to share their ideas. We will most definitely continue the conversation on Friday. Chloe brought up the idea of getting hair colour from our parents so maybe some genetics too?


emily

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diana said…
It brightens my day and continually amazes me that we have such wonderful educators at WRCC to work with these amazing children! I feel truly blessed that my family found this community. Thank you all for all you do!
30 November 2012 at 12:04
WRCC said…
Thank you for the kind words of support.We love what we do!
30 November 2012 at 14:57
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