On Wednesday, the students were excited to take part in a science experiment with Mitzi. We gathered around the table with our classroom pumpkin. The children made predictions what would be inside the pumpkin once it was cut open and were excited to see the seeds. After the insides were scooped up, the children took turns adding baking soda into the pumpkin. Mitzi then poured watercolor mixed with vinegar into the pumpkin. The children were so excited to see the explosion of color and bubbles come from the pumpkin.
Thursday was the trip to Riamede Farm. Upon our arrival, the students were given apple cider to drink and apple cider donuts to eat. The children were then excited to follow a path of pumpkins to the pumpkin patch where they got to select one to take home. We then walked over to the apple orchard and found apples to pick off the tree and put into take-home bags.
On Friday, we were excited to explore the social emotional component of our school wide intent. At the end of circle time, we read The Feelings Book by Todd Parr together as a class. As we read, we talked about whether or not we felt the emotions that Todd talks about in the book. After reading the story, we practiced showing our feelings by making faces that reflected different emotions. The children were eager to show off happy, sad, scared, silly, and more faces. We then all went to the tables to work on activity called Today I Feel. Each student shared how they felt today, and they then colored their emotions on the page. We look forward to continuing to discuss our emotions and feelings with one another throughout the year.
