Binoculars in the Forest

We headed to the forest this morning with binoculars in hand. What will we be able to see using these binoculars?

There was a lot of debate on how to use them. Many friends tried out different ways to look through the binoculars.

L began using her binoculars to look at the ground and the leaves.

"Look a leaf!"

C took a different approach with his binoculars.

"I can see things like this, but they look really small. You can't see anything if you use them the other way. It's all like not working."

C continued to use his binoculars in an unconventional way, but was content because he was able to see things.

Why did the binoculars work one way, but not the other? Why was it blurry sometimes?

"My feet look so tiny! If I look like this I can see my feet, but they are so small!"

"Binoculars help you see things close up."

"They like make it kind of bigger."

"You can use binoculars inside and outside."
"Yeah, but you can see lots of things outside with them."

"They help you see far away!"

The conversation about binoculars did not necessarily match what the children were experiencing. They knew how binoculars should work, but when they tested them out for themselves, they were getting different results. Over the week we will continue to see if their experiences with the binoculars change from what they thought they knew on how they worked.

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Welcome back

Happy Tuesday! I hope you enjoyed your extra long weekend together but glad to see you all today. We changed out our word of the week, ask your kiddo if they remember what it is (PUT). At centers we continued exploring small world and our bakery. We opened the sensory table again and some faux snow and polar animals which was a big hit! We also changed out our gross motor center, changing out our obstacle course (crawl through tunnel, jump 10 times on the trampoline, and (steam)roll or summersault on the mat) for some thing new. Ask your kiddo if they tried to scoop the snowball, carry it across the balance beam and PUT it on the snowman.

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Pine Family is rocking and rolling in week 2! We are having less feelings of sad, mad, and scared upon entering class and more happy and fun throughout the day! Friendly reminders: Water bottles should only come to school filled with water (it's the best for our bodies and in case another student would accidently take a sip it won't cause harm), sunscreen should be applied before drop off (there is not a lot of shade and not a lot of time for us to get the kiddos all lathered up), and bug spray should be applied before drop off (this is mostly needed when we start going to the forest on Tuesdays, starting on Sept 12th). Thanks :)

All the fun

Today was not a typical day in the Pine room. We pulled out some new items to explore, had an impromptu dance party, capered, had a practice fire drill (during snack of all times) and ended out in the sunshine by the snail. To our sick friends, we wish you well and hope to see you Monday! Have a great weekend :)

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