a holistic pre-school and kindergarten

Thursday, October 27, 2011

News Of The Day 10/27/2011

Today we...
- created with paper, tape, scissors, and crayons. Some of us made tickets
- ate pretzels, clementines, and carrots
- read "The Polar Express"
- built The Polar Express out of hollow blocks. We used Gus's hole puncher as our ticket puncher
- played babies
- played "work"
Outside we...
- played hockey
- played on the swings
- were the "brush-brush" team!


We built the Polar Express...









Punch your ticket!









The fireman shovel the coal...









Time to deliver the gifts...







































All aboard!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

BBK Dinner Date



We had SOOOO much fun!

The next Breakfast Club?

Mmmmm, dessert!

Dessert cheers!

A magical night!


Otis's toast: "I thought of having this dinner party because I love kindergarten."

Nina to Lily: "Oh my god, we look so ladylike!"


COOKIEBOT! A HARRY AND HORSIE ADVENTURE (OFFICIAL TRAILER)


I can't believe I found this!

News OF The Day 10/20/2011



Today we...
- created lots of bakeables with playdough. The children love to make somethin
g, put in a pan, put it in the oven, and set the timer
for 2, 4, 5, or 18 minutes
- read "Cookiebot" by Katie Van Camp. This is THE favorite book right now
- sang "Monkey and the Engineer", "Ladybug Picnic", and the new favorite "The Cat Came Back"
- ate home baked cookies and oranges
- built Cookiebot in the blocks, but we forgot his head!
- painted at the easel
Outside we...
- played on the swings
- played hockey
- jumped into the leaf pile!







Wednesday, October 19, 2011

News OF The Day 10/19/2011


This morning we...
- drew and made coloring books at the project table
- had Espanol con Teal (donde esta?= where
is...?)
- made sock puppets and performed a puppet show
- built a flying ship and tried to avoid being captured by Smasher and put in his temple
- played logic puzzles
Outside we...
- played Easter egg hiders, hunters, and robbers!
- played lost kids
This afternoon we...
- painted at the easel
- had reading conferences (Rowan and Zora)
- wrote in our little books

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

News OF The Day 10/18/2011

Today Rowan taught Otis how to draw a
castle tower complete with turret!

This morning we...
- created pictures with stencils
- read "The Halloween Kid" by Rhode Montijo
- played "The Enchanted Forest" board game
- built a boat out of hollow blocks and went on a voyage
- played restaurant (I think the boat may have docked at the restaurant???)
- had Writing Workshop. We continued yesterday's wish theme. Today's prompt: If you had a magic pebble like Sylvester, what would you wish for. It can't be something for yourself.
Outside we...
- wrote and delivered mail to 2 mailboxes in the yard
- played wolves
This afternoon we...
- had Reading Conferences (Jonah + Lily)
- continued reading our chapter book "The Titanic Lost...and Found" by Judy Donnelly.

Monday, October 17, 2011

News OF The Day 10/17/2011

This morning we...
- walked to the Flynn Theater to see "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble." Actually we ran most of the way. A great amount of energy from this group! We LOVED the funny dancing squirrels who, of course, were not part of the book.
- spent a WONDERFULLY fun morning on Church Street. We went to Uncommon Grounds (decided by my 4 hours of sleep and the children being hungry), read books at The Crow, and had a performance on a bike rack. We spent a couple magical hour
s downtown which made me want to move our school to Church St! On the way home the children made up their own game complete with new names and family structure.
Back at school we...
- built a spaceship out of our new hollow blocks and went on a journey.
- had Writing Workshop. We wrote about what we would wish for if we had out own magic pebble.


Friday, October 14, 2011

News OF The Day 10/16/2011

Today we...
- used stencils and pencils and crayons to create
- read "There's No Such Thing As Ghosts" by
- ate chips and carrots and broccoli
- played super mamas and babies
- played matching cards
- built a big ship out of our new hollow blocks and played animal rescuers
- played at the table set-up with little animals
Outside we...
- played hockey
- played on the swings
- made a fort

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Turn the World Around



We sang this today and I thought I'd repost it from a few years back... I still love it!

News Of The Day 10/13/2011

Today we...
- created with paper, crayons, and scissors
- played with the little animals and blocks
- built and guitar shop and then sold Andy his ukelele
- played the ukelele and sang 'Turn The World Around'
- played babies
- worked on a USA puzzle
- read "The Littlest Pumpkin" and "Cookiebot"
- sang 'Monkey and the Engineer', 'The Cat Came Back', and 'I've Been Working on
the Railroad'
Outside we...
- played in and wheelbarrowed leaves into the lilac fort
- jumped in the leaf pile
- played on the swings


Wednesday, October 12, 2011

October

by Robert Frost

O hushed October morning mild,

Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
To-morrow's wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
To-morrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow,
Make the day seem to us less brief.
Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
Beguile us in the way you know;
Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
One from our trees, one far away;
Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
Slow, slow!
For the grapes' sake, if they were all,
Whose leaves already are burnt with frost,
Whose clustered fruit must else be lost--
For the grapes' sake along the wall.

News Of The Day 10/12/2011

Today we...
- welcomed Zora backed to school
- continued our interest in goblins
- played the board game Enchanted Forest
- played camp-out
- had Science Workshop. We read part of the book "Slugs and Sails" by Claire Llewellyn and talked about the parts of a slug's body. We then took Little Albert out of the terrarium and recorded our thoughtful observations. We were particularly interest in the breathing hole.
Outside we...
- played "swing girls"
- played house
- played mummy family
- used big cardboard boxes as boats


Tuesday, October 11, 2011

News Of The Day 10/11/2011

Today we...
- were very interested in Goblins after we found unidentifiable markings on the floor. These quickly became "goblin-prints" and lead to a morning of goblin investigative play! A goblin hunter office was established to study goblins and a machine was created to give them
x-rays. We learned that goblins like to hide small things that they take from humans.
- read "Corgiville Fair" by Tashsa Tudor, the same author as "Pumpkin Moonshine"
- created a "Feel Better" book for our friend Zora
Outside we...
- created a new "Titanic tag" game
- were scientists at the picnic table. We studied both monsters as well a "real" creatures
- played Rapunzel

Charting the goblin prints...








Investigating the big room for evidence of goblins...








The office of goblin hunters is established...








As is the goblin x-ray machine. Watch out goblins!








Practicing reading during peaceful activities.

Monday, October 10, 2011

News Of The Day 10/10/2011

Today we...
- created with pastels and pencils
- had Espanol con Teal (pumpkin= calabaza)
- played capture Andy (the knots are getting stronger!) and jet pilot
- painted at the easel (just opened today!)
- had Math Workshop. We played addition and problem solving games.
- read "Pumpkin Moonshine" by Tasha Tudor, an old favorite of mine.
Outside we...
- went to Pomeroy (Isaac's) Park and learned a new game called Titanic. We worked from two benches, the Titanic and the Carpathia. Using a hula hoop as a life boat we had to cooperatively figure out how to rescue passengers off the Titanic and transfer them to safety on the Carpathia. The first round only one captain was elected to rescue the passengers. The second round you could only be captain on one trip. The children figured this out magnificently! We then went into the park proper and the children "played" Titanic for the next 30 minutes or so. This was amazing to see and again reinforced the importance of letting children have the time and space to play out there knowledge. Brain research states that this is how children learn, and limiting this opportunity is to act
ually interfere with brain development. I am grateful every day that these children show me the way...