Our time at the forest today was spent with a lot of giggles, jumping in leaves, and running around. The boys took in all the warm air as they ran down the paths and watched the leaves fall from the trees. Ms. Kim from Dogwood had a great idea to rake the leaves that were falling and create a big pile to jump in. It was perfect! Jumping in the leaves wasn't for everyone, but it was an enjoyable experience nonetheless. Happy Wednesday!
Yesterday the Pine friends continued their exploration on how to create a submarine out of a box. They first started drawing sketches of how it should look. "It needs to have windows!" "We should make it yellow too." "It also needs a telescope (periscope)." Now that the drawing phase was complete, some friends wandered over to then build a submarine out of the blocks. They worked purposefully and explained the different parts as they worked. "We need to cut out a circle for it to be the telescope." B, V, & E continued to work with one another and make compromises throughout their building in order to make the best version of a submarine as they could. The three finished building their submarine, but noticed something was missing. "It needs a propeller so it can move!" How could they make a propeller? What does a propeller look like? The kids got to work on some research about wh...
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