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We have had a wonderful last day before winter break! Mrs. Amy's literacy circle came to life today as we acted out the story of the Gingerbread Man. Children became the different characters and practiced saying "stop" emphasizing the ST- blend.  During our "focus time" we chose to caper with our neighbor classroom, Dogwood and explore different winter invitations. Children were able to explore a winter wonderland with fake snow, create winter lines, finding snowflakes, and create habitats for animals needing shelter from winter weather. 

As soon as children came to school, they were talking about lines and continued to wonder what lines we would see at the Forest. We began to wonder, "Where can lines take us?" as they talked about the town full of lines that they built.  "What do different lines mean?"  "Well, some are door lines. And pool lines."  "The people who live here know about them. They tell them where to go." "Like sidewalks!!!"  "Yeah!" At our meeting, we continued to discuss, "Where can lines take us?"  Many children made the connection about sidewalks and roads. Mrs. Erica wondered, "Do maps have lines?" Last year, these children worked on a map project and lots of ideas came rushing back to them. "Yes! Maps have lots and lots of lines." "The green lines are a park" "The forest is on here!" "Maps tell us where to go" _______________________________________________________ In the forest, c...

Before winter break, we are having a small celebration each day and today we watched a movie in the collaboratory. We were able to watch The Snowman!  During our focus time, children continued to work through lines and wondered, how tall can you make a line? JG and VH worked together and created a very tall tower. We began to wonder, "How can you make it stay?" and "Why is it falling over?". They tinkered with the structure and lined up each block piece by piece. JG and VH noticed a difference, as any architect would, and delicately lined them up to build the tallest tower ever. "Can you build tall towers with other blocks?" This question sparked a whole new idea. The energy that JG and VH had was contagious and AG had to join. They started to build a tall tower with different length lines and soon their vision came to life: they were building a town.  VH - It is a town on a mountain JG - The people have little spaces to be VH - We need to add doors to thi...

We had intentions of making playdough today but our kitchen is low on supplies so we pivoted and made some cloud dough instead.  It was so much fun! More cookie cutting creations with Ms Julie Line painting

Spiral line creations based on yesterday's interest of the octopus.  Bakery is open!