Let's Go Fly A Kite!

The gusty wind and blue skies prompted the Owls to dash all other plans, and turn today into a kite-tastic day!

We started by gathering sticks, and then at Morning Meeting, we read a book about making kites.

We were then ready to get to work!

It was so windy that even our homemade kites where able to fly!

How To Ask A Question

This morning we continued our discussion of babies by asking the Owls: What do you want to know about babies? This meant friends sharing questions that they don't know, but would like to know the answer to. This concept was hard for some of our friends, because it is sometimes just plain hard for preschoolers to think about what they don't know. Instead, many Owls shared facts about what they already know about babies. Therefore, at morning meeting, we learned an important skill: How to ask a question. We agreed that usually a question has the words "how", "why", or "what" in it, and we ask questions when we want to know something. For some friends, the process of intentionally asking a question in order to gain knowledge is still unfolding, but we did come up with a very interesting list of what we want to know in regards to our babies study.

Do you remember three days ago when it was below freezing? Neither do we! The Owls made the most of this 60+ degree weather by spending a large part of our day outside, both on our playground and on the big kid playground. While outside, we worked on a bubble art project. Teachers mixed together water, dish soap, and liquid water colors, allowing friends to blow vigorous amounts of bubbles, then used paper to make prints of the bubbles. What a fun way to be creative while still enjoying the outdoors!

 

 

One of our finished products

 

Other Owlings:

The Owls and Physics

If we categorized each day in the Owls room into different concrete themes, today's theme would be the early childhood exploration of physics. It seems that throughout the day, there was always something that related to this exploration.

Out in the hall, friends enjoyed playing with ball ramps, but the construction of the pathways became incredibly elaborate, with careful thought given to path that the balls would roll. There were turns, tunnels, and even a ledge for the ball to drop off, with another pipe path there to direct it after it fell!

We had the first consistently-above-freezing day for weather in what feels like years, so we spent a large part of our morning outside. While out there, many of the Owls played on the monkey bars, which of course teaches so many scientific concepts, like that of gravity, friction, and weight distribution. Today, many friends challenged themselves to hang upside-down by holding with their weight with their hands while wrapping their legs around bars. Although very difficult (especially for little bodies that are still developing core strength), they were very careful, and so proud when they accomplished their feat.

 The Owls were also creating seesaws using various playground objects as fulcrums. They experimented with balance and weight distribution while laughing and having fun!

  

Other Owlings:

We also continued with cooperative board games today

Sadie: "I love it!"