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4 Hour Class - We Say Goodbye, and We Say Hello!

Another week has flown by - and it brought a couple of special people with it!


We said "Hello" to our newest class mates and family members:

 Welcome Noa,

And Clayten!


And we said "Goodbye" to Big Blob!


But not before we played with him a few more times!

 A cookie for Dominic's mom


 A snail


 Dominic's new glove


Clayten made some donuts



But sadly, we must say goodbye...


Adam and Ella helped Yvette sweep the floor. 



Please don't worry, we are already plannning what the
next batch of space mud will look like!


And now for a glimpse of the past week:

ART

AUTUMN LEAF ART
This is currently on display on the board 



PAINTING STICKS
We will be using these to construct a classroom family tree

PAINTING WITH BUBBLE WRAP








FREE ART
Cutting and gluing 


Clayten drew "letters and bugs and leaves" 


 Justin made a shark


INDOOR FREE PLAY

THE SLING SHOT
Ashton is using a pom-pom and a sling shot to knock over the dixie cups 



Adam resets the dixie cups 

THE LIGHT TABLE





BLOCKS


PEG STACKING



MAKING TRACKS
The tracks always start on the blue carpet... 

 ... and very quickly make their way around the room!

Various levels are used 

And everyone gets involved! 

Adam worked on this pyramid for quite a while - 
stacking it in all sorts of new and interesting ways! 


Matthew and Patricia read a book on the couch

CIRCLE TIME


 We talked about the letter "B"


 We generated TWO pages of "B" words!!!


And we started learning about money - 
We talked about the difference between coins and bills 

And began learning how much each coin and bill was worth -
Everyone seemed very interested, so we will continue with this topic next week!

THE GYM

HULA HOOPS






WHEELS
 Dominic rides the scooter

 Bikes and cars

Matthew pushes Patricia in the blue car


OUTSIDE AT THE PLAYGROUND

AIRPORT PARK






We brought some toys out in the field 



Clayten made a nest 

BURKEVILLE PARK
WE... 

...LOVE... 

...TO... 

...CLIMB! 

We also spend alot of time on adventures 


ON THE BUS


TERRA NOVA PARK
 Spinning


Pumping Water 

Taking turns 

Working together 





What happens when we block the pipe with our hand? 

What happens when we take our hand away? 

What happens if we put something in the pipe? 



Curiosity 

Experimentation 

Figuring it out 

Sharing 

We found a string in the tree 

And it was VERY interesting and mysterious 

And of course, we climbed! 






Lots of spiders at the park today ;) 



Walking in a line 

Balancing 

Playing with our shadows 

This is a T-Rex


GARDENING

A special guest, named Mr. Lai, came in to talk to us about gardening. 
We harvested wheat which we then planted in our garden boxes and then we
helped shell beans - there was an amazing variety in the colours of the beans we shelled!


The wheat seeds were very tiny and took alot of concentration 


These are our garden boxes which live outside on the deck 


Gardening is dirty work 

So we lined up to wash our hands 


Mr. Lai showed us how to shell the beans 

And then we got to work 

Everyone helped out 


And we got to take a bean home after!



Thanks to everyone who helped make this week an extra special one! 

I hope the weather holds out again next week so we can have a few more 
dry adventures before the rain really sets in!!

Excited, as always,
Nicole


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