Plants and Trees with Mme Deanna

 Thank you to Mme Wendy (Connor's Uma), who came in and read some classics to us.

 
Our little friend Connor also found a seed in the orange he'd brought in for snack.  The kids asked if Mme Deanna could help them plant to to see what would happen.  Here they are in action:

This week we looked more at trees and seasons.  Mme Deanna took us outside to observe and draw winter trees (no leaves or buds).  The next day she taught us about how trees transform in the spring.  Next, we used oil pastels to transform our own drawings into spring trees.

We've also been keeping a close eye on our celery and lettuce buds. We run to the window every day to check on them!

Colour-Mixing and a Mystery Reader!

We had our first MYSTERY READER in today and it was Lucas's mom!!!  The kids had lots of wild guesses about who it might be and they were very excited when it was Mme Misty who walked in.  As usual, they were great little listeners and loved talking about the book that was read to them.

We welcomed Spring with some colour-mixing using coffee filters and crayola markers that will become beautiful flowers.

Mme Deanna, our student teacher, taught us about the parts of a tree.  We played BINGO and learned a new song and dance!

Spring Baskets and Spring Sprouts!

We are waiting for the warm weather but still love all things SPRING!  We started new activity baskets on Tuesday.  Here they are in action:

 
 
Bunny Pick-Up: The kids rolled the dice and had to use their tweezers to take the rabbits out of the bunny ears without dropping them.

 



Ring Toss: Each ring is worth a different amount of points. The kids had to add up their points and keep score.
 

Tic-Tac-Toe: The kids had to play this game of strategy and keep score.
 



Chick Estimation: The kids had to put a secret amount of baby chicks into the container and then ask each of their classmates to guess the quantity.  The kids had to read names and record answers.

Button Search: The kids had to search through the putty (GREAT FINE MOTOR WORK!) to find the flower buttons.  They then graphed them and recorded their totals.
 







Mme Deanna showed us how to re-grow celery and lettuce by immersing the 'stump' in water.  We're hoping to feed the new sprouts to our guineas pigs!