Bridges and pumpkin seeds

Wow, the Birch friends have been so busy building and cooking at school! We began the morning by performing our usual routines. Our choices consisted of building with popsicle sticks and spools. Other students "cooked" with floam, made books, and created dragons out of the light table materials. 

Students built with blocks by dipping the blocks in paint and building on the paper with the shapes.

A group of students practiced sorting by using our tinker tray.

Later in the morning, students began to build a zoo for the animals. While building, they were communicating with one another about building an "underground tunnel for the animals" and how to "keep them all inside so they don't escape and get lost." 

A few students used chairs to continue adding to the top off the structure. After falling down, they decided to rebuild it while adding a bridge. They used our classroom bridge book as a reference as to what to include in their building.

The students decided to build a bridge from the green block carpet all the way to the back hallway of the classroom. Their bridges included an arch and two turns. They were so proud of their building that they decided to leave it up and come back later to continue adding to their building.

A group of students went to the kitchen to cook our pumpkin seeds! We prepared our seeds by mixing oil, salt and a little bit of vanilla into the bowl. The students helped spread out the seeds on the cookie sheet and we put them in the oven to cook. They were delicious! Way to go, Birch friends! We ended our morning by playing outside on this beautiful fall day. Have a great day!