Capers

It's caper day! The Birch room began the morning by making choices in the classroom. They had a chance to free build with the blocks and light table.

Other students created a birthday canvas for one of our friends! 

We drew pictures of things he likes and painted the canvas. A few students created a car with connector pieces and measured with beans at the sensory table.

Capers...

Spruce: http://afcspruce.blogspot.com/

Maple: http://afcmaple.blogspot.com/

Magnolia: http://afcmagnoliaam.blogspot.com/

In the Birch room, the students baked and created monsters with play-dough. 

Other students observed pictures of autumn leaves and drew pictures of their observations. 

A group of students helped Ms. Susie complete our mosaic board that was in the tinker room! The students worked very hard at filling in all of the white shapes and we took the tape off to look at the final project. The students  were very proud of their work! 

A few students built a tower as tall as a friend.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

A Little Bit of Everything

Today we enjoyed doing a little bit of everything.  We did some paint dobbers and color mixing.

We "baked" with playdough.  There were cakes, donuts and marshmallow popsicles being made.

 We made shapes and designs on the geo-board.  "I can make the longest train!"

We then went out to the playscape to enjoy the beautiful weather!  We helped out by raking some leaves.  Once we were done we jumped in the pile! 

Before lunch we learned some new songs from our substitute Ms. Rebecca. 

Building Challenges and Play-dough

 Good afternoon! We hope you are enjoying this beautiful day!

The Birch room started this morning by completing a challenge. Two ducks sat on a stool in the classroom and wanted to make their way to the "water." The ducks needed the students to build a bridge in order to walk across and get to the water. The bridge needed to be supported or "up in the air." Of course, the student were up for the challenge!

They started off their building challenge by using the new, borrowed blocks from Spruce. After building, the students decided to create another bridge on top of the original in order to create a "diving board bridge" for the ducks.

2nd bridge

"This is the diving board for the ducks. They can go really high!"

2nd bridge

Other friends designed with rubber bands on the geo-board and created objects with play-dough.

Later in the morning, we split up into small groups. Ms. Brittany (our newest teacher working in the Birch room every so often) took some students to ride bikes in the gym. Another group of children went with Ms. Susie to make play-dough in the kitchen. We have brand new white, cinnamon scented playdough in our classroom!

A group of students went to the collaboratory for another building challenge. Each student had a partner. The pairs had to discuss what they were going to build and work together throughout their building process. There were four pairs and they built several objects! Throughout our time in the collaboratory, the students built four submarines, two basketball hoops, a garage for motorcycles and a house and gingerbread house. The students did a fabulous job at communicating their plans with one another and built with their partner throughout their time in the collaboratory.

"This is our submarine!"

"This is our house!"

"This is our motorcycle garage! We both have motorcycles."

"This is our basketball hoop. There's two of them."

After our morning activities, the class gathered in the collaboratory for the rest of the class to observe their creations. We ended the morning by going outside and enjoying the weather. Have a great rest of your day!