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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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