setting up the Nature table for the first week of Advent
with beautiful stones
our new Roman Arch from Nienhuis
the Small Bead Frame
giving a friend a lesson on making knitting needles
assembling a map of the world -- the pentagon pieces
prevent the continent shapes from being too distorted
(from the National Geographic Global Pursuit board game)
plural vs. collective nouns
working on beautiful batiks
for our Legends of Hawaii class play
yes, the kids unwrapped and melted
hundreds of crayons for this
the egg in which Hi'iaka was carried to the Hawai'ian
Islands by her sister Pele
hanging orange bird feeders for the birds
working outside on a beautiful Winter day
at Dayempur Farm
planting garlic
building straw paths
time to string cranberries & popcorn!
this is a project for the "littles"
but all ages come to help!
who can resist freshly-popped popcorn
the colors are just so pretty
we take them outside and hang them in the trees
at snack we check and see if what they say in Farmer Boy
is true... that a glass of popcorn fits into a glass of milk
it does, but you have to proceed slowly
Zac makes rope the old-fashioned way
at the Harrison-Bruce Historical Village
crank and crank and crank some more
almost done!
a looong mat for a looong multipication problem
building our beautiful Advent spiral
reviewing the Phases of the Moon
since they play a big part in one Hawaiian Legend
painting props and set pieces
the creation of the trees
the creation of the food plants
building a paper mache volcano
(which really erupts during the play)
designing and painting masks
adding antlers to the Forest Demon mask
celebrating Santa Lucia Day!
the older girl is always the Lucia
assembling and painting our backdrop panels
a BUSY afternoon!
making numbers with the Golden Bead Material
playing mancala
Roman Numerals
our beautiful wooden numerals are from Hello Wood
indoor "snow" sensory play
just mix shaving cream and baking soda
it even feels cold to the touch... amazing
when needed, students can trade tiles back into the box
to borrow or regroup
practicing indoors for our Advent Spiral Walk
a lesson at the Farm on how to start a fire
the whole group is fascinated
if you build it correctly, it only takes ONE match
success!
working on present-making
one last Sensory Play activity
before we leave for Winter Break
it so so much fun to sqeeze warm water on them
to soften and loose them
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1 comment:
Yes, we did. There are three blog posts from December called "Class Play Planning." These have all of the details.
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