Yoga Show Preparation

We are preparing for our yoga show this Friday. The banner that we made two weeks ago is now hanging in the Motor Room. A group also sent the school an email inviting them to their yoga show. They then went around the school asking for participants to sign up.

What to make on pajama day??

            We voted between banana muffins, blueberry pancakes, and pumpkin bread.

       We looked for a recipe and wrote up what we needed after checking the kitchen. 

    

      We walked to Straubs to get our ingredients. 

        Check back tomorrow for our pancakes. 

How does the roller coaster go?

During small capers, we continued with our provocation of the roller coaster. The children discussed the way it moves including the speed, the turns, and the directions. 

Throughout the ride, friends began to talk about what people ride in- "the cab."

We took time to build our own seats. 

We need a seatbelt to be safe and stay in. 

               How does the roller coaster go?

       We represented our ideas with a drawing. 

              Some ideas listed below: 

    There's a little button people push.

         The button turns a lever on.

           The lever turns on pedals.

The electricity is in the button and turns on the lever.

   The computer tells it to go faster and slower.

                         It's a switch. 

Ask us about our haunted town?!

Testing ways to move objects with our mouths

Elijah and some friends experimented with moving objects by using their breath to blow them       along ramp and by blowing air through straws.

   

Limbo!!

As you can see (with three blurry pictures) the kids enjoyed using their bodies in a new way....LIMBO! They maneuvered as best they could not to touch the limbo stick.

Octopus Adventure!

The children were so excited to find baby octopi in the kitchen atelier today. They were brought in by a parent from another classroom. After holding one, one friend said,"It feels like a dolphin."(we're guessing he's touched one before lol) Overall AWESOME experience:)

Small capers

Every Thursday, we participate in small capers with the classrooms

at the end of our hallway. Classrooms collaborate with one another to

further children's learning as a larger community while supporting what is

taking place in individual classrooms. 

Green Room had a roller coaster that children could 

interact with as we investigate motion and movement.

Representational drawings of weeds from the garden

We are also using other spaces in the building including the motor 

room. The children collaborated on a boat that moves on water to

pull a castle. 

"I am paddling the boat."- Grace

       Pink Room is investigating properties

          "It spins." - Joseph

Movement through Clay

Goo!!

Some of our noticings about the goo:

"Who wants to pop it?"- Charlotte

"I hear a sound. It's squeaky." - Grace

"It's sticking to me." - Megan 

You can wrap it. 

 

                  "It's gooey."

                    "It's soft."

                "It's bouncing."

                       "It's flat."

                  "Stretchy." 

  

                    "It's sticky."

Obstacle course

Our SLU student, Jennifer, set up an obstacle course to

help us explore with ways of moving based on a conversation 

with the children about ways our bodies can move. During the

obstacle course, friends were talking about changes that could be made.

Stay tuned....

                     Balancing

                                  Rolling on the scooter

                                                Jumping 

                  Crawling

                    Hand-eye coordination

                      Bouncing

                        Walking stairs

                           Zig zags

               Riding a bicycle 

Beautiful day for a walk to the Bird Sanctuary

 

                                We did some climbing

                                       And some racing on the hill 

                                     Fun with the parachute

        And some friends built a campsite

             Roasting marshmallows 

                             And building a tent

Loose material design