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In & Out

 Happy Thursday! We wrapped up our week with a lot of time outside today. Luckily it is absolutely beautiful out and we were able to capitalize on that 😊

This is also the last day we focused on the core words in, out, open, and eat! We headed outside to the cave area to play and engage with some activities that would really drive the use of the words in, out, and open. 

To start, the boys made their way to a giant connect four game! This was such a great way to incorporate the words in and out. While the boys dropped both the red and blue pucks into the holes, we modeled some self talk on what they were doing. Once the whole board was filled, Ms. Jenn pulled the bottom off and all of them came tumbling out! The noise of the game pieces hitting the ground made both boys watch and pay attention to where they landed. As they came out, N picked them up to get ready to put them back in. 








While L continued to work on putting the pieces in and out N saw a tub full of frozen pucks. N looked a little closer and noticed different animals and objects inside of the frozen disks! 





The two boys, and some others from Dogwood, worked hard to get the objects out with the various tools provided. While some boys used spray bottles and eye droppers to try and melt the ice, others used the other end of the paintbrush to hammer and break the ice open. 

 N used so many different strategies to try and free the airplane, dragonfly, and train out of the ice. First, he tried using the opposite end of the paint brush as a hammer to crack the ice open. When that didn't work, he picked up an eye dropper to try and melt it some more. Once the ice was melted down enough, N realized he would be able to pull the objects out with his fingers! Success!

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