Thursday

     This morning, our morning meeting was lead by Ezperanza. Afterwards, we continued our study of our school theme by learning about the types of foods kids eat in the United States. We discovered that children eat chicken nuggets, fruit, cereal, and mac-n-cheese, to name a few. We then buddied up with Katie's class and made mac-n-cheese during MWS. This is a great way for our class to learn about following steps, ingredients, and build confidence that they too can cook. Katie's class is able to learn about measurements and fractions, as well as following steps, ingredients and building their confidence. The children had a blast and couldn't believe they helped make the mac-n-cheese. They worked on a recipe card with their big buddy while waiting on everyone to have a turn. Shortly thereafter was fruit break, so we took that time to test our cooking. The children all agreed it was right tasty!
     You may begin hearing your child singing about a green jellybean. They came back from music singing it this morning! It is a very funny song about eating a green jellybean and the remedies their friend comes up with to cure it. They also spent some time dancing and shaking out their wiggles.
     When the children came back, we went on a bear hunt. Several of the children had not done it before and had heard other children talking about it. Once I heard there were children who hadn't done it, I had to pull out the CD with "Going on a Bear Hunt" on it. Thus, we went on a friendly bear hunt. We didn't search for scary bears. The children said they found fuzzy, nice bears in the cave they went into. If you don't know what "going on a bear hunt" means, please ask! The children absolutely love it!
     Hope everyone had a great first day of Fall. Hard to believe with it being 90 degrees out. Come on, cooler weather! :)