Daily Report: Mar. 3-6

Posted by Lindsey at 3/6/2009 3:51 PM
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Morning Meeting:

3/3:  Among other songs, they sang ‘ring around the rosy’ many times this morning. They tried singing it as quietly as possible, and than shouted “we all fall down!” They had conversation about how we feel when we’re sick versus healthy, and what doctors do for us. The children shared their own experiences about this. They did more graphing (this graph was started Monday) of their favorite thing to do in the snow- and used math terms such as least, most, and equal. They read a book called “If I Built a Car,” then they talked about what they would have if they could build a car that had anything in it.

3/4:  Miss Judith had Kinder Music this morning. They made bells out of terra cotta pots (plant pots) by using a small stick as a stopper, and threading a string through the bottom hole. They make a lovely tone when rung with a mallet. They also listened to the Carnival of Animals- the children now recognize the animal which each segment represents.

3/5:  They took turns talking about whatever was on their mind. Our students are becoming so polite in conversation, parents! Amy read a book to the kids, and sang many songs with them, which they love.

 

3/6: We skipped meeting today because of a field trip to the park!


Snack Time:

3/3:  Cheerios and goldfish

3/4:  Popcorn

3/5:  Popcorn and cinnamon cookies.

 

3/6: Pretzels and watered down lemonade



Outside Play:

3/3:  They got to play in the snow- and throw snowballs. According to the graph this is the most popular favorite activity to do in the snow.

3/4:  Misky took them outside today- they played in the snow a bit throwing snow balls. They swung on the swing set, and played in the storage shed.

3/5:  Pearson found a dead worm on the steps which he cleaned up for us. Miles gave Willow a good lesson on how to get up to the jungle gym by climbing the rope.

 

3/6: After focus time Amy took the big group (5 kids today!) out back and played baseball with them using a soft ball and bat that she brought for them.



Project Work:

3/3:  I showed them photos of Andy Goldsworthy sculptures made of ice. They were given pieces of icicles and a bowl of snow. Ethan mostly just played with the ice, and Ruth mostly observed others, but many of them worked very hard to use the snow as glue and join pieces of ice together. Pearson worked longer and harder than the others, and ended up using a bowl full of snow as a base for a sculpture which we put in the freezer.

3/4:  We did the snow sculptures again today. They were given some different shaped ice cubes with an option for the icicles- Ethan and Lily really enjoyed sucking on the ice cubes. Elijah ended up making two different sculptures which are now in the freezer.

3/5:  Today we did paintings of dried daffodils. First the children were asked to look carefully at their flower, and then do a pencil drawing of it. When they were finished with the drawing they had access to wet watercolor and gouache (a mix of both) paints. Some children did multiple flower paintings, and some abstracted their flower. Harper, for example, used artistic license in the color, where others were inspired by the color of the flower more than the shape. Miles did a highly detailed flower, which he expanded into a flower field with a tree growing up behind. 

 

3/6: We walked to the park on this beautiful day. Besides the normal play, there was a father there who had screamer balloons. His son, Vincent, was very nice and let our students each have some balloons. They all popped by the time we got back to the school but they had a great time with them in the mean time.

Focus Work:

3/3:  They sculpted all of the letters of their name out of playdoh. Ruth joined us for focus time today. Then Amy read them books, some about snow.

3/4:  First we sat down and Elijah read a book to us- his reading skills are amazing! Then I read a couple books to he and Kieran- one of which was about big machines. When we did daily journals I asked them to design a machine, and create a purpose for it. They both ended up drawing spaceships. At the end of that is when we sat down with the tinker toys.

3/5:  They went outside to the picnic table to do their focus work. They colored a piece of paper, and then cut geometric shapes out of it in order to create their own puzzles.

 

3/6: Amy had the kids do some dot-to-dots and daily journals before heading outside for baseball.
 
Free Play:

3/3:  This morning the girls enjoyed playing in the store. Willow started a painting which Gillian and Ruth helped her to finish after focus time. Pearson played with toy dinosaurs.

3/4:  This morning there was a lot of playdoh activity. Kieran, Lily, and Maya worked together to get the playdoh out of its container that it was stuck in. We played a lot with the tinker toys today- at Kieran’s request. We decided to make a helicopter- which took the rest of the afternoon. When it was finished it had been modified into a 4-propeller machine which was a lot of fun to spin. Kieran and Elijah also painted a picture together on the easel after focus time- a Star Wars monster.

3/5:  This morning Ethan made some collections- one out of markers, and another was a cart full of random objects. Paxton got out the trains, and I started showing him how to put together the train tracks. Gillian and Addison joined in and made the tracks stretch all across the room. Miles spent time in the studio making art while the other children were off with Miss Amy. The girls put together a ‘zingo’ game by themselves, and when it went south they came into the studio. Willow and Gillian did a painting together on the easel, while Harper made a butterfly out of paper and a pine cone. Pearson and Miles had extensive conversation and problem solving over trying to figure out how to create slaughter machines for our toy farm animals out of tinker toys. We ended up having second-studio with so many crafts going one- too much to mention!

 

3/6: We played with tinker toys a bit, and this morning we had the trains out. In the afternoon Kieran and Willow painted a picture together on the easel while Pearson drew a picture of Ironman. This morning he also worked on his Heroes book quite a bit. We had a drum circle this morning when the kids got out the drums and found that they could keep a beat together. Ethan, of course, made a collection of items in the shopping cart.

 

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