Binging the Patio Inside for Apple Pumpkin Days!

Room 1A & 1B had a fantastic time rolling, catching, and playing with foam pumpkins. They also explored Autumn felt play with apples, pumpkins, and leaves rebuilding Autumn poems and storytelling. Using their tactile senses, they peeled, squeezed, rubbed, and applied apple gels onto picture cards. What fun!

Gourd bingo was a hit and there was a slew of winners! We all win on Apple Pumpkin Days!

Apple Pumpkin Day #2

And the fun continues. Today was Orange Day and day number two in our Apple Pumpkin Days. The children finished their Fall frames. They met Fred the pumpkin who helped us with our science. He sure made a mess though. We continued our lesson of chemical reaction by making elephant tooth paste inside Fred which was a reaction between yeast and Hydrogen Peroxide and yeast and dishsoap. Today we also had a special guest reader which was Ava’s mommy. The children were looking forward to listening to her read. She read Bad Apple. The children have loved being able to see parents during class. Thank you again to all our wonderful families who helped.

APPLE PUMPKIN DAY TWO

Hello again, here we are Apple Pumpkin day two. We started the morning by exploring the inside of a pumpkin and learning their individual name.

Stem, flesh, seeds, pulp are main words the children were able to identify from our pumpkin.

With the “Pumpkin Vine Song ,” the class learned the words and sequence of the song by using our flannel props.

Oh, Yes, as they washed, counted and sorted apples the children also discovered that there was a real apple in the activity, real vs not real.
Today was busy, we decorated foam pumpkins with sequences to send home, and colored real pumpkins with oil pastel sticks.

Okay, okay it sounds like a lot but we could not go outside, bad pollution. We had a special morning snack, pumpkin delight, Yummy!!

Introducing Our New Library Space

We wanted to take a moment to thank our wonderful director, Ms. Kohar for the library makeover! It is a blessing having a classroom where dreams and ideas can become a reality. Our library now has a couch, rug and even a beanbag! The best part? We are not done with remodeling just yet! Some of our kiddos enjoy starting their day in a quiet space so they come to the library to read! Plus, reading is fun!

Apple Pumpkin Day #1

Wow what a wonderful start to Apple Pumpkin Days! Today our classroom was full of red from our red tablecloths and plates to our red clothes. We decorated our fall frames and made special apple snack. We even learned what a chemical reaction was with a fun apple volcano science experiment. But our special visit by Kaira’s mommy via zoom reading us a story was the most exciting part of our day. Thank you to our wonderful parents for all your help.

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Apple Eruption!

			


	

		






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We experienced eruptions in class today! The art table had to be evacuated! We had active apple volcanoes using vinegar, baking soda and glitter. Can’t forget the glitter! There’s nothing more exciting than witnessing some safe chemical reactions!

			


	



			
				


	

		
Pumpkin Investigators

			


	

		
















We put on our investigator caps and studied the mysterious pumpkin. We needed to investigate the length of the pumpkin, describe the characteristics of the pumpkin and explore what was hidden in this so called pumpkin. Let me tell you, we were amazed with the discoveries made! We used cubes to measure the length of this pumpkin. We had a wide range of predictions as to how tall the pumpkin was. Soon after we concluded that our pumpkin was 11 inches tall, which was the equivalent to 15 cubes. We used some descriptive words like: large, big, higher to reach, rounded, small stem and lines. The most exciting discovery was learning that seeds sink! Who knew! Our Pumpkin Investigation was a success!





Throughout our Pumpkin investigation we asked our students some questions regarding our pumpkin. These pictures show their answers to the questions. Great job, friends 🙂 

			


	



			
				


	

		
Special Guest in Room 1A

			


	

		






We had a very special guest today! Most of our friends got to see a very familiar face! Mrs. Gen! Some of our friends came from Room 3. This was an exciting time for them! They were able to enjoy Mrs. Gen’s Felt Board Ghost Story once again! The friends who came from Room 3 last year immediately remembered the story and those friends who heard and saw the story for the first time, will never forget it! Thank you Mrs. Gen, you rock!