More Charleston Falls Fun

 

We see some kids in our class that were with other groups!

 

 

 

The first creature we met was a flying squirrel. She told us that she likes eating nuts and seeds. Sometimes she buries them and forgets where so a tree will grow in the spring.

Then we looked way up high in a tree and saw her nest. She likes climbing up there to rest.

We made a nest and got comfortable. We covered up with leaves to see how warm it could be.

 

Next we met a racoon. We had to keep quiet about the flying squirrel though because the racoon likes to eat them.

 

 

Then we met a beaver. He likes to eat wood so we each found a piece for him to eat.

 He told us about his large tale and how it helps him swim and pat down the mud on his house.

We got to crawl through his house and even add more sticks to it.

 We had a lot of fun and learned a lot too!

Our Trip to Charelston Falls

We learned a lot about trees at Charleston Falls

We learned that trees provide us with shade.

We listened to a story about a leaf man. We then learned about how wind blows seeds and leaves around and then new trees grow. Each child collected leaves and seeds and made their own leaf man.

Visit our blog tomorrow to find out about the creatures we met in the woods and how they use trees every day!

Thanksgiving Feast

 

 

 

Our Thanksgiving Feast

We have Pilgrims and Indians.

We have lots of food.

We have lots of parent helpers!

 

 

                                     We are ready to eat!

 

                                        We gave thanks for family and friends.
                                      

                                     We sang songs about Pilgrims and Indians.

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Better Late Than Never! Pumpkin fun!

Before Halloween we had some parents come in to help with carving pumpkins. We had 4 pumpkins with 6 children and a parent at each pumpkin. They had to measure how tall the pumpkin was with cubes, measure around the pumpkin with a measuring tape and then decide on what kind of face to make.

Some of us liked digging right in and scooping out the innards!

Some of us would rather watch!

But we all had fun!

Now a couple weeks later this is what we have...

Two of the pumpkins stayed fairly nice but a little moldy on the inside. The other two collapsed and are completely mushy. The kids have loved watching them rot but I think it is time to say goodbye to them tomorrow after one more activity.

             We are having fun at our developmental stations!

 

The last 25 minutes of the day the children go to developmental  stations. They really enjoy building with the variety of building toys we have. The conversations are wonderful to listen to during this time. The children plan together when they are building a group structure.

They all enjoy the housekeeping station. They enjoy making dinner, coming home from work and playing with the babies. The telephones are always a big hit too.

One of our stations is cutting and gluing. There is paper of all sizes and colors. The children can cut shapes and make pictures from their cut up paper. Great for those fine motor skills as well as fostering creativity.

While all of this is going on the children can go to an easle and paint a picture. They are doing well with the whole process.

Mrs. Busse Gets Ready for Kindergarten!

Here are a few pictures of what I have done in the classroom this week.
The reading group area is set up.

We will sit here and learn to read! All of the books we need are in the cupboards behind the table.

This is my desk and our whole group area. I have some great stories picked out for the begining of the school year. There is a carpet in front of the rocking chair for each of you to sit on!

This is our Smart Board. It is a big computer. We will do the calander, reading stories, learn math skills and even watch some learning videos on it.

We will have 4 computers for you to work on during work stations.

Here is a picture of our tables and chairs. Some of the chairs are blue and some are green.

This is our painting and craft area. I hope you like to paint because we paint every day!

Stop back tomorrow for more pictues as I finish getting the room ready for YOUR first day of Kindergarten :)

Just got back from another day hard a work unpacking boxes and organizing materials!
Empty boxes are now more than full boxes!

The math cabinet is becoming organized as is the cabinets I will use for my guided reading books.

And look at our new rocking chair and rug! The rocking chair is really comfy. I will be spending a lot of time there!