Of all the paths you take in life..make sure a few of them are dirt -John Muir

Last week was an exciting one for us!

 We got to take a bus to the Kortright Centre and go on a Nature Walk with a tour guide.

We learned that the younger trees are skinny and as they get older..they get thicker and thicker.

This one in particular looked very old! We couldn't even wrap our arms around it:

We were each given a kaleidoscope to look through:

 We climbed a small hill to look at different birds from a higher view:

The bus ride back!

 It was a good day!

 

We have been working on collaboratively building this structure using straws and connectors:

Slowly, but surely more and more people joined in to help:

 We made two new colours of Playdough as well and challenged ourselves to spell our names by rolling it into different shapes:

 Making faces in the sand:

 Creating a picture out of buttons on the mirror:

 

We decided on a new look for our classroom door. Here it is!

...here's a little glimpse of the song we have been singing in our class. It's called Three Little Birds by Bob Marley:

 Our cards are finally complete and have been sent home.

To all of the mother's out there, thank you for being so great, so supportive and so understanding. You should constantly be reminded that you are doing a fantastic job at raising these wonderful children and we recognize you for all of your time and dedication!

Ms. Buckworth made pots with the children during Art class and they turned out very cute!

 

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, celebrating Mother's Day with friends and family and taking in this beautiful weather we are finally getting!!

 

See you on Monday :)

There is something extremely magical about watching a new life begin

We have been so mesmerized by the hatching of our eggs this week! It has truly been an amazing experience to get to witness them hatch in the incubator and then watch them as they help others out by pecking on the outside of the shell. We even got to hold them gently in our hands, which was an  incredible experience.

To see the look and reaction on the kids faces was priceless.

Here are some of the pictures we captured:

 These two made a sign for the chicks home, calling it 'Chicky Land'

 Once they hatched, we transferred them into their new home that we had set up for them and watched them at the carpet. Mrs. Ansari and I came around and showed everyone up close what they looked like.

 They were so excited!!

 These were the first three to hatch:

 We passed them around slowly, and carefully to students who wanted to hold them:

 Every morning, the children would check on them as soon as they got in, eager to see them:

Here is a video of them in the incubator:

 

 This was one of the eggs that we saved to look at:

 Some more cracks!

 The boys watching very closely:

 

 Mrs. Shulman came to visit our chicks too!

We had many visitors, including some of the other classes in our school:

 

We had a special little snack on Monday called 'worms in dirt' and the kids really enjoyed it:

 

 

Mother's Day is coming up and Mrs. Ansari had a great idea for it!
We have a special surprise we are currently making!
We are doing something different this time and getting our hands and feet dirty to do it ;)

Rolling up our pants!