4 Hour Class - Takin' it Easy!

Because of Thanksgiving weekend, this past week was short one. And so the 4 hour class took it easy...

Here's what "Takin' it Easy" looks like to us :)

Free Play In Doors

Foam stacking, an old favourite, made an appearance

This "Lock" puzzle puts Adam's skills to the test

Weston makes peg board designs

Clayten drew the sun

Mayu weaves

Adam built this Hippo House

And Domenic found an interesting new way to use the wooden circles!

Circle Time

At circle time we learned about the letter "D"

We practised drawing the letter on the carpet

Here's a list of 'D' words that we came up with

We also broke into an impromptu dance party at second circle on Friday...

this class LOVES music!

Free Art

This may be the most popular art project to date!

Clayten made a house for his turtle

Ella spent a long time trying to get her art just right

SO creative!

Justin chose to use pencil crayons - this was his final product

Of course we didn't take it SO easy that we wouldn't have time for exercise...

The Gym

We rode bikes

Helped our friends

Weston supervised traffic

And Batman showed up - on his Bat-scooter!

We also did a relay race that involved walking with a ball between our knees

It wasn't easy, but it sure was entertaining!!

And what would a week at school be without a field trip?

Ironwood Library

We got on the bus

And went to story time

Then we chose new books for our book shelf

Everyone seemed pretty tired on Friday, so it was probably for the best that we kept a low profile this week! But if there's one thing I learned this week, it's that even if we take it easy, we still manage to have a ton of fun!!

Catch ya in the classroom,

Nicole

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