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At meeting today, we were so quiet and still that the children really were able to listen and observe the birds in our tree by the window.  It was so cool!  We saw cardinals and even a woodpecker eating from our feeders.  One friend even counted 5 birds in the tree!  They also noticed that the pinecones were getting empty again so this afternoon they made more bird feeders. We also celebrated Patrick's birthday today!  He will be 4 tomorrow.  Patrick chose a birthday bracelet for his gift.  Happy Birthday Patrick!

The interest in skeletons continues and today we left a provocation of large paper on the floor for the children.  Immediately they began to draw skeletons.  This activity showed persistence and provided great motor opportunities. Kendra brought in a really cool book about skeletons too.  "I have 10 bones in my hands!"

We picked the rest of the carrots from our garden yesterday.  So today we made carrot muffins with them.  The children really enjoyed them! We also projected the feed from our hummingbird feeder yesterday.  We did not see any hummingbirds but did see several bees and other birds.  So we are going to try again tonight!  We are determined to see a hummingbird!

With all the interest in our skeletons and body, we talked at meeting today on how we could create larger scale skeletons in the classroom.  The children came up with the idea of using sticks for bones, acorns, pinecones, and straws(pine needles) to create a skeleton.  They did a great job collaborating to collect and create. "Let's carry it together!" Once we came back to the room they got to work!  Several children referenced the skeleton diagram to help guide their creations.

Today we told the kids about how we saw a hummingbird and some bees come to our feeder after everyone had gone home. We talked about what we could do next time we saw them when they weren't there. Some of the suggestions included; Stay super quiet and still the whole time we are at school. Take a video and go to all of our friends houses and show it to them Call our friends so they can hurry and see it. Take a video and send it to them. Take a video and watch it the next day. Most of the ideas involved taking a video, so we talked to our IT person, Ms. Katie. We told her about our feeders and and how we kept missing the hummingbirds, so we talked about either taking a long video, doing fast motion video, or setting up a live feed. Keep checking back for what we come up with!