Happy, happy Wednesday! The Birch room is full of happiness and energy today! We began our morning with our usual morning routines. The students built with loose parts and continued to write their own music by observing different music sheets today. A group of students went to build in the collaboratory and experimented with fabrics and the wind tunnel. Other friends explored in the tinker room. Here, the kids were busy making designs on the fabric wall and deconstructing an old computer. We talked about the importance of wearing the goggles and using the tools in a safe way. We discussed the different pieces of the computer and their purposes. Some said the pieces are important so the letters that people press can work the right way. Other students talked about how all of the wires send messages through the computer so the computer knows what to do.

 

Back in the classroom, students played at the sensory table with sinking and floating materials. Before lunch, we read one of our new books called Squeak, Rumble, Womp, Womp, Womp by Wynton Marsalis. A little boy talks about all of the sounds he hears throughout his day. Some of the sounds come from instruments while other sounds he observes comes from everyday life situations, such as noises you hear in and outside your house. We talked about walking around our neighborhood to observe some sounds that we hear. Our class talked about how we might hear some sound we usually hear, such as kids talking and cars driving. Some students shared that if we are quiet, we might hear birds, squirrels, dogs barking and wind blowing. Maybe we will be able to go outside within the next few days to take a "sound walk!"