Great Week!

Monday morning was a blast. We did some free play, had circle time, and quickly moved on to some Montessori work time! We were introduced to the Lincoln Logs, which were a great hit (and continue to  be!). Then, we each had a chance to go on a “mini-field trip” to the fish up front! There are some new baby fish that we wanted to get acquainted with! In the afternoon, Arielle came for our circle time and showed us a fun trick with her singing bowl. Arielle put water in the bowl, made it sing, and the vibrations make the water dance! It’s a really cool trick. During circle time, picked up fuzzy balls with our toes! This helps us practice standing on one leg!

I wasn’t in on Tuesday, but Wednesday was great! You could feel the excitement of show and tell already! When it finally came, it was a treat for every one involved! Each person had their unique way of presenting their thing from home—from singing and dancing, to presenting pages, or demonstrating how the object is used. Spanish time was awesome, we read about animals! Then, we talked about “pescado” and went fishing!

On Thursday we had free-play outside, and then came in and got busy with a project! Ashley showed us pictures of beautiful blue-bonnets, our classroom (and state!) flower. We painted popped popcorn blue with paintbrushes at first, but then figured out that it’s a little more effective to stir them into the paint! In the afternoon, we read lots of books!

Friday was super busy and fun! We started out gardening—using new organic soil and some planters to do some gardening! We had three paint stations going at once—one was painting on paper using plants, another was mixing shaving cream with tempera paint to make an interesting texture and paint on a box, and another was helping the primary paint giant sun-flowers with paint-brushes. We had a mellow afternoon!