Our busy, busy week!

We’ve been all over the place this week: outside soaking up the sun on Ms. Gwen’s and Ms. Liah’s patio; running around on the big field; and visiting our campus library for the very first time!

Here we have a small group activity where our students practice drawing ovals, circles, and lines, and predominantly ovals. They were asked probing questions like: what shape is an oval? (General answers from students: “A long circle!” or “A football!”). Ms. Alyisa ran this activity and had fun drawing her own pictures to inspire the kids. (See sun with sunglasses for reference.) Much fruitful thought and conversation was had!

Here’s another small group activity featuring porridge! AKA oatmeal. This activity was a blast and they loved oatmeal! If your child asks for oatmeal, ask Alyisa for the recipe. She used maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla, and lots of love.

The kids got to measure out oats and milk, pour, and mix.

This is an outdoor activity set up by Ms. Liah. This sensory bin merely started with hay and soil, and now it’s an ecosystem! The kids found some carrots from last week’s Carrot Hunt activity and added it to this new one. The kids added bugs, animals, and more.

Everything below was captured out on Ms. Gwen’s patio. She always does such a fine job thinking up projects and cute crafts for our young minds. Thank you, Ms. Gwen!

The letter of the week is G! For the past few weeks, Ms. Gwen has had capital and lowercase letters of the week out on the writing center with little pictures of things that start with that letter and some glue. If you zoom in, you can see mini goats, gorillas, and geese. So clever!
Farm Bingo! Farm Day will be here soon and she is preparing our students for it!
Self explanatory.
Ms. Gwen and some of the students making a bridge out of items from around the playground! A few trials were had before it became functional. They were losing their minds! Childlike wonder, am I right?

And finally, our rainy day play! Rainy day schedule is kind of difficult for them, and us teachers! No outside time, no running or yelling or soaking up sunshine. But Room 1 did an excellent job today, going with the flow, reading many stories and playing along with one another.

We started practicing our Happy Birthday Jesus song with Room 2 this week!

Below are more photos. Consult your child for more details!

Our visit to the campus library & weekly big field.
Table activities in Room 1

As adults, we’re so immune to everything (“we’ve seen it all”) but these kids are experiencing everything for the first time! They truly have a wonder about them that we are severely lacking. Oh, that God has given us children to remind us how great life and creation is!