Monday, February 27, 2023

Explorers Visit, We Eat Sugar on Snow, and Our Work with the Letter Q









Our Explorer friends join us for a morning visit! 















During recess, we use up the last of our "Popcorn Pancake Pajama Party" maple syrup for some sugar on snow!  Friends were pleasantly surprised by this little treat...and so were Ms. Karyl and I!  YUM!













Our work with the tricky letter Q!

 

Sunday, February 26, 2023

P is for Penguins, a Polar Bear Parade, and a Zen Pig!


P is for Pig.  A very wise pig who practices gratitude :)  We enjoy a lovely read aloud together before we head outside for recess.






We tried our hand at creating penguin and polar bear habitats with marshmallows, toothpicks, and wooden skewers.  It was tricky because our structures kept falling, but we enjoyed hypothesizing new ways to stabilize them.  Some of our techniques finally worked!


P is for Polar bear Parade!


All hail King Odin!







P is for Penguin!  Wilson brings in a penguin mold for us to use outside in our fresh snow!  But before we check it out at recess, we give it a go with our kinetic sand...SUCCESS!  Thanks for sharing, Wilson!









Snow Penguins!  Even though our snow is light and fluffy, we still make the penguin mold work by packing the snow in super tightly.  And then, naturally, we eat them.  Because how can you resist a little penguin-shaped snow snack?!?!?!?!