Monday, October 19, 2015

Scarecrow...

We got hay bales from our pumpkin patch field trip and set them up in our playground. We've enjoyed sitting and climbing on this natural temporary playground equipment.

Today we finally opened some of our hay bales to make our scarecrow!

Opening the hay bales...









We learned that scarecrows are made by filling old clothes with straw to look like a person and scare the crows away so they don't eat the pumpkins or other vegetables in the garden.

First we worked together to stuff the shirt...









Teacher Kathy is helping with the pants..















We had more loose hay than the scarecrow needed, so just jumping in the hay was lots of fun!











We are holding the head....












There's always room for a little more...


Over the next few days we will keep adding crows, flowers, mice etc. to our scarecrow/pumpkin patch scene. You are welcome to add things too!

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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Pumpkin seeds....

Thanks to all of the parents who volunteered for our annual pumpkin patch trip last week. We couldn't have done it without all of you volunteering to chaperone and drive! We all enjoyed ourselves and came back with hay bales, gourds and pumpkins to continue the pumpkin festivities this month at school.


One of the best parts of pumpkin season is getting gooey! Here we are taking out the innards, carving our pumpkins, and getting the seeds out...











After salting our pumpkin seeds, our teachers helped roast them. Yummy!!

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Friendship fruit salad

Recently the letter of the week was F. One of our activities related to this letter was making "Friendship Fruit Salad."

We practiced cutting grapes...









And strawberries...











Then came apples....






All of this cutting was a fantastic opportunity to practice our fine motor control, holding the small slippery fruit still while carefully cutting with our plastic knives. Some children found it easier than others, of course, but everyone practiced their kitchen safety and cooking skills.

Step 2: Mix everything together!




Part of any cooking project is cleaning up, so we wiped the tables clean after all that juicy fruit.




When everything was mixed, we enjoyed the "fruits" of our labor! :)