Let me start off with a huge thank you to one of our sweet parents who came to our rescue this morning. When I arrived at school today and started my set up I went down to the refrigerator to retrieve our worms. To my horror, the fridge is set too cold and our worms were frozen. I was beside myself but after reaching out to you all I am pleased to announce that our days' plans were salvaged as a replacement tub of worms made it to our room before the children were any wiser. And let me tell you the worms that came in today were ACTIVE! They were so much fun to watch. Several of them were little escape artists fleeing the observation trays. Once we had observed these amazing creatures we ventured out into the Life Skills garden. We have been working in the garden all year to grow vegetables and herbs we uses in many of our recipes for the class. We thought it would be a wonderful addition to our garden to place the worms in the beds where they can work on helping fertilize and aerate the soil. It was fun to watch the worms dig straight down into the soil. We know they are in a much happier place doing what God made them to do. As soon as we returned to the classroom the alarm sounded for a Lock Down drill. Our job is to hide quietly in the bathroom with the lights out and doors locked until the drill is over. I told the children the alarm meant that we had to play "hide and seek" with Mrs. Kunkle. We locked our door, turned out the lights and hid in the bathroom. I gave everyone a lollipop to help keep us all super quiet. We did a great job and everyone loved the "game". They all wanted to play again! After the drill we sat at the table while we finished our treats. Everyone thought their blue tongues were hilarious! The children also enjoyed a simple science experiment where we explored the worms segments. We took simple paper wrapped straws and squished the wrapper all the way down the straw. We gently removed the wrapper and placed it on our trays. Then we dropped a few drops of water onto the wrapper. As the wrapper absorbed the water our paper "worm" grew. This is a fun trick you might want to try again the next time you're out to dinner. We finished our morning with some worm paintings and a special treat of a gummy worm. It was one of our most memorable weeks this year! I am excited for our cowboy/fiesta celebration on Wednesday next week. Please don't forget your part of the Cowboy Stew. We will make that together once we arrive in the morning and eat it as our lunch. Dress in your favorite western gear and come ready for a great Trick Roper Show. It will be an exciting morning!
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Why Blog?Here you will find little snippets of our days together. When my children were in preschool and would come home I would always ask, "So, what did you do today?". All they ever said was, "Played." That didn't tell me much. I hope this blog will be a place to share what we have done and help you ask more directed questions of your child. You will see first hand just what we do after you kiss your little one goodbye in the morning. It will also be a great place to visit and see just how much your child has grown and learned throughout the year. Archives
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