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Wee Walk - 4 Year Old Class

In advance of Wee Walk day on May 16th (a move for health event), our Preschool 4's Class took the opportunity to walk the Hugh Boyd Trail. This walk is # 8 of 23 easy walks around Richmond. All walks can be found in the Richmond Walking Guide Book.

Being that the children were so engaged with all they could see, feel and hear... we happily only managed the first half of the walk on this morning.

We're off!

“The grass is growing and I can see small grass so small. It's just starting to grow.” Charlie

 
  

Oops, someone forgot a shoe on the benches!

 “Whose shoe is it?” Roan

“He'll be sad right Alara?” Iris

“Maybe we should take it.” Tiffany

The children noticed something happening across the turf, so we walked over to check it out.

A young boy explained to us that he and the other boys were auditioning for a commercial.

 “Can I be in the movie?” Yasmin asks her teacher

“There's a man up there so high.” Ariyen (as he watched the camera man filming)

“The puddle's so big and there's so much water. That's why we can't go there” Charlie

“We don't have boots Charlie, you can't go.” Roan

We study our home-drawn map to decide where we need to go next.

 
 
 
The children had fun climbing on the bleachers and getting a birds-eye view of the soccer turf.

There was such a positive energy this fresh, Spring morning, and the children's chatter was constant. Nothing was getting past them. They were curious about everything from sewers to birds nests, to signs on the fence. Lucas read the sign about cleaning up after your dog, which triggered a conversation with loads of laughter!

“Look, another sign.” - Ariyen The sign was identifying a meeting place in the event of an emergency. A place where everyone can go and be together, so they can hear instructions about what to do next.







 We happened upon a concrete pipe that the children found so intriguing, and were very excited about.

“I wonder who left it here.” Lucas

The hole in the pipe had imaginations running wild.

“Maybe animals live inside.” Alara

“Maybe bunnies live inside.” Iris

“Maybe an alligator!” Ariyen

The children were finding all kinds of treasures every step of the way.

 


 
Many familiar items seemed extremely interesting today.

It was a very enjoyable and high-spirited walk. We look forward to doing the 2nd half of the Hugh Boyd walk in the near future.



Barbi :)

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