Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Last Water Day of the Summer!

Jackson and William playing with the squirt toys!

Boys will be boys....

Emmet has such a wonderful imagination. I loved watching him act out this quite personable hippo!

This picture is hilarious- as I am trying to get them to smile, Emmet is squirting me with the hippo! 

Who can splash the highest???

Charlotte learned how to pump her legs and swing by herself!

Go Charlotte!

Hanging with the big sis!

Mariela- I love your hoodie towel! 

Charley has a great imagination too- she is pretending to be a horse! She is trying to make a tail using anything she can find...her towel...her sunglasses....

Norah and Charlotte both LOVE the water!

Miranda teaching them how to build a sandcastle with wet sand!

Fun in the sandbox!

This was quite an involved project. The children worked very hard bringing over buckets of water to the sandbox to make a "pool party." Jackson made up a pretty catchy song about this pool party!

Once they had the water, they began shaping land and water forms!

A lake, a river, a waterfall...

Mariela painting herself with water!

Ms. Heather spraying Charlotte. They were pretending it was a rainstorm!

Jackson was definitely the foreman on the work site!

William digging!

Elora has a plan...

Where is the water going now???

Norah LOVES this! I promise!

Emmet thinks the Octopus needs to have some fun in the lake!

The big boys: Hayes, Davis, and Max!

This is awesome. I have been working hard pulling weeds out of our garden all summer. Often the children help me. Ethan and Brayden noticed these weeds at the edge of the mulch and went to town pulling them!

Use those muscles boys!

Norah relaxing in the pool!

What to build next?

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Hands-on Learning and Summer Fun!


Sam making it "rain!"

Mariela working hard painting with water! 

Charlotte enjoying the beautiful flowers in the garden while getting her feet wet!

Love the face Emmet!

Brayden working on some sand soup. Yum or yuck- the kid jury is split!

Some more "salt" for the soup...

Elora and William relaxing in the shade!

The boys lounge...

Charlotte and Charlotte painting the fence!

Sam building a sand castle. A budding architect???

Emmet and Oliver join the boy's lounge!

Davis chilling like Bob Marley!

Charley taking a cat nap in the shade!

Sam enjoying the swing after some pool time!

Elora sorting insect erasers...

Hayes, super excited to be spelling longer phonetic words with the Blue Series!

Ethan admiring his work. He built the Brown Stair all by himself!

Jackson making a very colorful trapezoid with the Metal Insets!

Charlotte working hard on her numbers at the writing desk!

William brought me 7,000 from the bank! We were having lots of fun playing the "Bring Me Game" together! The "Bring Me Game" helps children become familiar with the decimal system and quantities of golden beads! 

Mariela matching pictures to their initial sounds!

Snack! Food and Friends- what could be better!

Emmet is so focused on coloring his solar system!

Brayden working with a screwdriver! 

Max counting the touchpoints on our new Touch Numerals with Ms. Heather!

Charley and Max playing a "Find the Letter" game to get them familiar with the big moveable alphabet box!

Sloane putting together the map of the United States!

Oliver cutting paper strips! Such concentration!

Jackson getting creative with the eyedropper painting!

Ethan making bubbles in the sensory table. What a little scientist!

Hayes working very hard writing numbers 1-100!

Sam did the cards and counters all by himself! Great Counting!

Our new pet! A hamster that the children named "Jumpy." He is very sweet and the children ADORE him. Thank you SO much to Jadis and Ms. Carly for this wonderful gift to the classroom!

Charlotte and Charley working on a sensory puzzle together!

Elora working on the Metal Insets.

This is "Fast Land." We played a game in music today called "Fast Land, Slow Land." We listened to classical music with slow tempos and fast tempos and moved our bodies with the music. Very fun! 

Jadis petting Jumpy!

Davis petting Jumpy!

Water Table Fun after school!

Charley is so cool in her sunglasses!

Benny and Cooper love the boats!

Mariela showing me her tricks on the bars!

Benny enjoying the water table! Please Mom don't take me home yet... It is sometimes so hard to leave school...

Lucy watering our growing circle garden! The plants were very thirsty today!

Brooke hanging upside down!

Cooper getting ready to water the plants!