Afternoon Fun

We are always very busy in the afternoons deciding what to do. 

While some of us wanted to read. 

Others wanted to build monsters out of blocks,

Use our imagination with lego, 

 Create a master piece with the doodle board, 

Create a master piece using good old fashion markers and crayons, 

Pretend to be train conductors!

So many great play experiences happening on a daily basis.

~ Mrs. Thwaites 

Salsa!

Even though the weather has gotten colder that did not hurt our gardens! They are still producing yummy fresh vegetables for us to enjoy! 

Today we made fresh salsa! 

We cut up tomatoes, green peppers, green onions and yellow onions.

Once it was all cut up we blended it.

We bought some whole grain taco chips to eat with it. 

Everyone had their no thank you bite. 

A few children liked it so much they had 2-3 helpings! 

Our salsa got a big thumbs up😀

~ Mrs. Thwaites 

First day of kindergarten

    School began today. Time for work and time for fun!

               It's my first day of school ! New teacher, new friends.

Get ready get set to start our new school day. The children who take the bus are lined up.

   

The children who walk to school leave a little bit later! They are all ready to go!

         I'm ready to go...here comes my teacher!

      I wonder if my teacher will like my beautiful bow.

     

     I've got a brand new backpack and my glasses are shiny clean.

        

    

   Thumbs up for the first day of school 

~ Mrs. Braz

                           First day feeling new don't know what to say or do.

                           First day feeling funny by the door cling to mommy.

                           First day feeling shy really trying not to cry.

                           First day feeling strange don't know anybody's name.

                           First day out the gate back tomorrow can't wait! 

                                                                              By James Carter 

Growing Vegetable Soup

We have had a pretty successful gardening season this year! It has been interesting with all the new kids coming in and the older kids moving up, not everyone has had a chance to experience the whole process.

Fortunately we have this simply written and illustrated book as an introduction and a way to spark an interest in our new little green thumbs! 

Of course nothing sparked their interest more than this caterpillar who has been eating and living on our carrot tops! We think it is one of the babies of the black swallow-tailed butterfly we saw fluttering around earlier in the summer!

After watching things grow it is always exciting to get to pick them when they are finally ready.

Teacher- "Why is that one carrot hairy?"

Child- "Oh, that's the daddy."

Preparation is also a nice treat. At Discovery we love to cook with the children, it is often an exciting experience as one child said, 

-"I'm just like mommy making supper!'

At the same time they are learning real life skills while they do something fun. A popular comment from these 4-5 year olds is how much work it really is to prepare food straight from the plant!

Note: we ALWAYS have a teacher assisting the children when sharp knives are involved. We also go over a few basic tips and rules about knife safety before the children are permitted to start cutting. The children have to point out with side of the knife is the sharp edge, discuss what could happen if we were to reach onto someone else's cutting board, and always putting our knife down before doing anything but cutting (talking to someone, putting their chopped pieces in the bowl, moving hair out of their face, scratching an itch, etc.).

The finished product! 

Not everyone wanted to try the soup but we talked about how brave it is to try new things and how we can't really know if we like something if we have never tried it and almost EVERYONE DID! 

-Ms. Cottrell