Here's a mid week update because sometimes I find myself flooded with thoughts from the children and just need to get them out because I can't stop sharing all their ideas!
Today we had a great concert assembly. A couple of musicians came with bagpipes and a didgeridoo and the children were captivated. I put a flyer up outside our class if you want to go to their next concert, or look at the website. I'm sure your child will be talking about this!
Lately, friends have been asking which bin their waste goes in when they are eating their snack, which has lead to many discussions.Yesterday we looked at another old Sesame Street video because the friends were interested in what happens to our cans when we put it into the recycling. The magnet part and the liquid metal parts were especially interesting to the children. Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKpoCzt03B8
Our journal topic was suggested by Tayler yesterday. She suggested that we journal about what we did on the home days. Many friends began talking about what holidays their families celebrate. It was neat to see how interested and matter of fact the friends were. The feeling seems to be: Yes many of us have similarities, and differences and this is natural.
Tuesday we also had our first cooking class lead by Henry's mum Stephanie. The kids were very excited to be baking chocolate chip muffins. Stephanie created a recipe writeup that the children can read with drawings as well as the words- Thank you Stephanie! The friends were able to eat a mini muffin yesterday, and today they had slices of the loaf for snack. YUM! Here's the recipe if you want to make this as a family!
Also the friends have been creating stories using their costumes as inspiration. There is a story going that is about a butterfly princess who has a cat princess as a pet. The friend who has been drawing this wasn't sure how a cat's body is shaped. Usually I offer to look on the internet for images of real cats, but here is another case where the friends are realising that they can take charge of their learning, doing their own research. So instead of me offering a bunch of internet images, they want to capture images of their own cats. If you do, please print them out and send them to me, or email me and I will get them ready for the children. Then we can be looking at our own cat pets for our work!
Thank you for all your help and support! Enjoy your week, Jennifer
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