Insects galore!

 

Spring brings out the smiles, the sunshine, the skinned knees and...

the insects!

Children at Ambrose have long held all aspects of nature close to heart, and this year's Birch friends are no different.  

Today we headed out early and this group was on the hunt!

Beetles, ants, bumblebees, spiders, and roly polys were our discoveries today.

Armed with this noticing your teachers pushed your learning with a few new invitations.

We haven't had our tinkering tub out for a while.  It was an immediate attraction.  I heard friends building robots, machines, and trying to make all sorts of video-game inspired creations.

I "paused" their work.

Most of the time we are free to create whatever we like.  But SOMETIMES your teachers want to push your brains to think in new and different ways, stretch your thinking and cause you to move away from the things you always do.  And today was one of those days.  Today we want to know...

How can you BUILD an insect?

And, our friends rose to the occasion!

Some friends created insects from nature and others created insects from their imaginations.

Playdough and loose parts offered the very same invitation with a small twist.

What insect can you create?

This time our friends were ALL in!

We saw ladybugs

snails

slugs

spiders

and...

hedgehog slugs???

We love to see your brains in action!

We also shared our beautiful art cube with other classes at Ambrose.  We continue to watch it's beauty attract friends from every room and are thrilled at seeing the collaborations!