Following Instructions... Sort Of

The Pine friends joined in with kids from Dogwood to participate in weekly capers. They enjoy being able to play with friends from the other class in addition to getting to play with the materials they have out in their room.

This week B, L, E, & C worked on building with magnetic blocks.

"You have to follow the instructions so you can build different stuff! Like me, I am building this thing that doctors use and put around their neck and listen to people."

B began constructing what looked exactly like a stethoscope.

"The instructions tell you to build it like this and so that's what I am doing."

"I am using the instructions to build a rocket ship! But I am also making it like this. It needs wheels like like this thing here and a fan!"

"Rocket ships don't have fans!"
"Mine does!"

As the boys and L built they talked about the different modifications they did instead of following the instructions exactly. They bargained with one another to use different parts and even added on to one another's.

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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.

Week 2 Day 2

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 :)

so close now....

Can you believe that we only have one more day together this school year? Today we celebrated the second to last day with a summer bday celebration. We also revealed our tie dyed shirts! (we only did a light rinse, beware that colors will run when you wash!!) TOMORROW: WATER DAY! You need to wear your suit, water friendly shoes, sunscreen already applied, water bottle, towel and dry clothes to change into!

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