We knew our friends would need a low key, relaxed, calm-inducing day after such a fun night Nothing says PJ day more than bedtime stories! After our morning meeting we started our day with exactly that! We turned off all of the lights, snuggled up on the carpet, and listened to a bed time story.
Although Halloween is over, we knew our friends were still reveling in the fun of their evening. Their conversations were ALL about trick or treating, who saw what, who got what candy, how many houses they went to.
All of this talk gave your teacher a great idea!
How can we connect this excitement to our map study?
Oh boy were these friends excited! We saw maps like we have never seen before!
We heard about haunted houses.
We heart about block parties.
We even heard about Halloween birthday parties!
We saw maps that showed us you went around your block.
We saw maps that showed us you went around your whole neighborhood!
DM you drew me TWO maps! Your first map showed me what looked like a map of your neighborhood, a long line that turned corners and had a house at the beginning and the end..
Then you turned your page over and drew a street with your whole family on it.
You told me about the safe way to walk along the sidewalk and how you had so much fun/
Then you turned your map back over and showed me all of the houses that you went to.
We invited friends to notice the colors in the beautiful fall leaves they collected in the forest last week.
How can you paint what you see?
What do you know about math?
What can you show me with these materials?
"I made a pattern!" CG
GC you began counting the discs, then you found the number tile that matched. Then you added one more, and found the next number. Then you did it again...and again...and again! You kept adding one more and counting higher and higher!
Kiss that smart brain! You know a lot about math!
Sometimes the simplest of invitations bring the greatest joy. We were gifted several hole punchers last week and we knew exactly what we would do with them.
All of our writing, drawing, and painting work...all of the manipulating our loose parts...all of the work with playdough...what does it all have in common?
We need strong fingers and hands!
Punching holes repurposing our painting work was the perfect combination to practice using those strong grip hand muscles.
It was tricky and required a lot of concentration. We had to stick with it and not give up!
Some friends focused in on the holes they created, and other friends focused on the "holes" that fell out; all those tiny little circles!
Our friends loved punching holes!
Happy PJ Day!
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