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Welcome to our daily blog! We use it to share daily updates on our classroom, reflections on our learning with children, and photographs. Extended family, friends, neighbors, educators, etc, are also encouraged to follow the blog!
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Friday, May 3, 2013

They're Not Even Tired of It

With such glorious weather gifted to us today, we decided to spend all morning at the Arts Park at Abington Arts Center (AKA the magic forest). We walked the trail backwards and enjoyed a lovely snack while surrounded by trees. Even though we've trekked this path several times before, they still absolutely love the beautiful art and the natural landscape that the park has to offer.
An imaginary lunch of pizza, chocolate and veggies
"Don't press the button!"
"We pressed it!"
Playing big, bad wolf
Learning about what poison ivy looks like

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Let's Have an Outside Day

When our seed study began, one of the things that friends were very excited about was the possibility of creating a seed play. This morning, we decided to explore this possibility a little further and ask the Owls what characters would we need if we were going to make a play? The buzz that was created was insatiable.
With the beautiful weather staying consistently pleasant, we decided that today would be a perfect day for an outside day! This means that immediately after morning meeting, we went outside, having snack and choice time on our playground. Throughout the morning, other classes came and went, yet the Owls remained engaged all the while. It was a great chance to truly connect with every aspect of our playground because very often there are multiple classrooms out at once, and it is hard to explore the possibilities offered with large numbers of children everywhere. During the more quiet parts of the morning, the Owls were able to fully explore.
Outdoor journaling
A horse waiting to be fed...
Developing gross motor abilities with wagon pulling
One of the activities offered was to create outdoor art. We used spray bottles that were filled with liquid water colors and set up large sheets of watercolor paper on the outdoor easel. As the colors were sprayed, we watched the interesting way that the paint lines ran down the paper, and we watched the colors mix as more layers of paint were sprayed.

And to end your day, here are some friends that are chained together. Imagine how that would test some relationships...and yet they loved it!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

May Day!

Today is May Day! This is a day to celebrate both the natural beauty of flowers and the organization and union of workers. Using this as a guide, we in the Owl room decided to celebrate in our own age-appropriate way. Of course, work for 3, 4 and 5 year olds looks like learning through play, so we put our Owls to work!
Making an airplane garage
Loving the mosaic shapes
"I'm invisible!"
"Look! I made two suns!"
Oh, you know, just a couple gardeners...
We had a visitor in our classroom today named Brian...
...and friends were so excited to show him their favorite parts of the room!
Figuring out how to swing safely from ribbon ropes