Hilary and Sara putting sand and dirt on our Har Sinai poser to make a path for Moshe.
During Morning Meeting we decided to give names to animals in our class who were not given names. What should we call the 3 puppet mice? Sara and others have great ideas. We'll make a final decision tomorrow.
We started to get ready for the end of the year. Mendel's last day is this Friday.
The children were able to express some beautiful thoughts about what they will miss about Mendel. After the meeting several children wanted to make something for him, but thought that we should surprise him.
Mendel developed an elaborate plan about taking Peretz with him. They soon developed a pretend plan for all of us to go to the airport with him to say good-bye. Mendel will be sorely missed.
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Finally, we got to go outside! Peretz and several other children helped with picking up some trash that had blown onto the playground. Many thanks to those who volunteered.
I took a few friends for a walk, but before long, it began to drizzle. While holding hands, we pretended to be puppies, monkeys and butterflies (their choices) as we returned to the school. Then the rain stopped and we joined the others on the playground.
We found a cicada. In addition, we found something that looked like a cicada. It was left from a moudting cicada. It was in the shape of a cicada but it was just like an empty shell (similar to snakes who shed their skins). We looked at the live cicada for awhile and then decided to put it back. Even though we gave it leaves, we decided that it would like it better outdoors. We learned a little about cicadas. The children were fascinated and asked many good questions.
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During rest time, the children can now pick out something fun to do in addition to reading books on their own for 15 minutes.
They often choose to come together as a group at the end of rest time. Morah Shirel begins the PM program with stories, activities (making and playing with playdough is a favorite) and spending time outside, weather permitting.
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