This week we ventured into “Mother Nature” and “Baby Court” (also known as our garden and the grassy field right next to it) to do some exploring.
We planned two activities:
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Build the first letter of your name using sticks and raffia
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Measure the items that have begun to grow in our garden and record those measurements
We began by reading the book “Eh? To Zed” by Kevin Major. It’s a Canadian Alphabet book that uses the letters of the alphabet to introduce famous Canadian people, places, and landmarks.
Then we broke into groups and began our stick collecting and measuring. Luckily our school yard supplies us with a seemingly never ending supply of sticks and our garden bins are full of new sprouts!
We were excited to finally be able to use the new flower chalk boards on our fence to record our measurements! Thanks to Mrs. Ishii for getting those hung up for us!
To conclude our adventure, we chatted about the stick building…Clover said, “It was hard, hard, hard, hard!” Thanks for your honesty Clover! Others readily agreed, but interestingly not a single student stopped trying to make it work! Lots of persistence and flexibility.
Way to go Divisions 7 & 8!!
