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4 Hour Class - So Much to be Thankful For!

Another week has passed us by, leaving us with so much to be thankful for!

Here's a peek into the past week:
Indoor Play


Clayten tips the scales with rocks 

 Justin pours little plastic starfish into the scale

 Weston counts and sorts wooden beads

Adam helps out 


This multi-layered fish puzzle proved to be quite challenging -
But that certainly didn't stop us from trying!  

Noa weaves 

Adam plays with the peg board 

Noa tests out which objects in the container are magnetic

ANIMALS


Adam and Dominic had lots of fun with the animals 


Matthew shows me a tiger

 


Matthew created a dark cave for the tiger 
which we illuminated with an LED "fire"

BLOCKS

Some new blocks were fun to stack up and knock down 





These wooden pieces were used to build santa's house... 

"Santa's house with a trampoline" 



BLUE SAND

We buried treasure in the sand 

Sifted through the sand to find treasure 

We shared 

and discovered 

We even made art out of the sand that had spilled on the table 

So creative!

PUPPETS

We played with puppets in front of a mirror 





ART

We made lanterns for the Lantern Festival 







Drawing on chalkboards at the free art table 


Cutting and gluing at the free art table 

Mayu and Ella show me what they made

Making Turkeys 


Ashton's Vampire Turkey - what makes it a vampire?
"Because it has more than two eyes" 

Justin's Vampire Turkey 

Everyone made a turkey except Dominic

MAKING CRANBERRY SAUCE

Clayten and Noa helped to cut some apples 


Waiting while it heated up 

Weston was curious about what was happening 

So he helped mash everything together 


Then we tasted the sauce, and here's what the children had to say:

What did you think of the cranberry sauce?
Domenic - Good! Yummy!
Weston - Good
Ashton - Good
Justin - Delicious! (Ashton chimed in - Me too!)
Ella - Yummy and tasty!
Clayten - I want to make it yummier. Like I hate it. (But this was after he had added goldfish crackers and bits of cheese to his fifth helping of sauce)
Mayu - Good
Noa - Good
Matthew - No thank you
Adam - I didn't like it. I didn't want to try it cause I didn't like it.
Dominic didn't want to eat anything, not even his lunch.



and of course, the CASH REGISTER




Clayten was makin' it rain! 



Circle Time

This week we talked about where money comes from
Here's what the children had to say:

Where does money come from?
Justin - from a piggy bank
Domenic - the bank
Ashton - the store, every store
Clayten - two piggy banks
Adam - from the bank
Mayu - in my house
Weston - I don't have money
Matthew - Do you have money? No.
Noa - Do you have money? No.

What do you need money for?
Toys, cars, groceries, get clothes from the store, dinosaur eggs, phones, iPads, computers, water, lights.

We're hoping to talk more about working to earn money, and the concept that an apple costs significantly less than an iPad.

We talked about the letter "C" 

And came up with a pretty long list of "C" words 

We even worked on "CH" words 


We talked about what it means to be thankful and everyone who
made a turkey told me (or tried to tell me) what they were thankful for
Here's what they said: 




 We also came up for a name for one of the parks that was previously nameless

We decided to call it "Tree Tunnel Park"


Outdoor Play

TREE TUNNEL PARK
The tree tunnel  


 Swinging


Climbing 








Sliding 



Jumping 

Balancing 

Over and under 


And then a Zombie showed up to play "Zombie Tag" 

brrrraaaaaiiiiinnnnnssssss!

We picked alot of flowers 


Justin gave me these 


Heading back to the bus 




ON THE BUS




OUR OWN PLAYGROUND

Challenging ourselves 

Climbing, of course! 

And wouldn't you know it, that zombie showed up again! 



THE SANDBOX

Weston helps me bring out the sand toys 

Clayten fills a bucket 

Domenic and Ashton work on a deep hole 

Justin joins them 

and so does Matthew

THE TURF FIELD

Playing with balls 





Looking at the vehicles in the parking lot 

Weston "cleans" this area 


Justin takes a quick break

PLAYING IN THE LEAVES 




A new friend 

and old friends :)

I am thankful for our family, for the way we play together and the imagination and creativity that we all bring to class everyday!

Happy Thanksgiving!
Nicole

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