We brought in some McDonald fry holders for our dramatic play centre and some yellow sponges cut into thin strips to imitate French fries. Then we asked the children what else we would need to open up a McDonalds. We discussed it and came up with all kinds of great ideas. Here is what some of the children constructed with a little bit of guidance:
We gathered all of the food we need to have at our store and got out some pretend money to play with that looked very realistic!!
The children used our alphabet books to add words onto our co-created word wall. They chose a word and picture they wanted to copy and made their own.
In Art Class, we drew castles using white pastels and black construction paper. We also used white tempura paint and square sponges to dab on for the bricks. We found the perfect place to hang them up.
We brought in a white tree with beautiful branches and decided to make it a pattern tree where the children could bead a string using a pattern and hang it up. It has already started to fill itself out.
When the girls were asked to clean up and they were not finished their rainbow pattern, they asked if they could make some signs that said "no touching" so the other children would know that it was work still in progress. We honoured their work by dedicating a shelf to work that is not finished. It was a great idea!
Ms. B showed us how to make some flowers out of our playdough!
Something pretty incredible happened over the past couple of weeks. We have not opened our sand table in a couple of weeks and instead, have been using other sensory bins like the popcorn kernels. One day last week when Mrs. Ansari opened up the table, she noticed something very extraordinary, so she showed the students and asked them what they thought had happened to our sand table. This is what we all saw:
Plants growing out of the sand!!!
The children did not really know what had happened so we explained. Mrs. Ansari had added some water to the sand to make it a little thicker and over the next couple of days, some of the popcorn kernels must have dropped into the box. The water and sand gave life to the seed and a plant started to form. That is why all of the plants have kernels on the bottom of them.
Since we were having some trouble getting ready for recess, so we decided to make a list of steps that need to be taken in order to successfully ensure we are dressed warmly for the weather. We will see how successful it will be starting next week, now that we have made it visible for the children to see.
Wow! We are so happy and grateful to have our kid in this class. She's learning many things and having lots of fun at the same time. We can't thank you enough, Ms. Gikov, Ms. Ansari and Ms. Buckword!
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