Thursday:
Which pumpkin face would you choose to carve? Happy, silly, or scary??
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| Most chose scary! |
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| A video on our new Apple TV...The local fire department came to teach us about safety! |
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| They showed us how they put on their special gear. |
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| Then they were called out for real! We were all nervous...but new they were going to help protect someone! |
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| They came back and told us it was a false alarm...that was good news! |
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| What a local hero! |
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| Will it sink or float? But first let's learn about what it means to sink...and what it means to float! |
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| We then made predictions on whether a pumpkin would sink or float...Most said sink! |
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| Here goes! |
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| What!?!? It floats! Now let's talk about why... |
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| Pumpkin painting time! |
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| These kiddos had a blast making their pumpkins so pretty! |
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| What amazing artists we have in our room!!! |
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| P is for Pumpkin! We traced the letter P with pumpkin seeds on a pumpkin... |
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| A fun fine motor activity as well picking up these tiny seeds... |
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| Let's investigate the inside of a pumpkin...How does it feel? How does it smell? How does it look? |
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| My special gal for the day! Who doesn't like Frozen? |
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| For the last 2 days we have discussed the life cycle of a pumpkin...now we are bringing it to life! |
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| Seed, sprout, plant, flower, green pumpkin, orange pumpkin! |
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| During this activity I really emphasized ordinals (first, second, thrid...etc) |
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| Perfection! |
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| Such great work! Just look at that proud face! |
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| Just look at that face...ha! |
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| I think we have a pair of best matching friends here! |
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| Time to discuss circumference... |
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| After we discussed what the circumference was...we made predictions on the circumference of our pumpkin... |
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| Look at our predictions...Who will be just right? |
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| Such a great guess...but a bit toooooo long! |
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| Another smart friend...but just a bit toooo short! |
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| We only had 1 "just right" but many were so close! |
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| We counted up each one...Most were too long. |
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| Look at this fun snack this sweet boy brought...pumpkin orange fruit bowls! The kids loved it! |
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| Painting and pumpkin hammering! It doesn't get much more fun than that! |
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| They have fun...and I love that it is a great eye-hand coordination drill! |
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| Counting pumpkins and matching it to the right number...such a fun puzzle! I was amazed at not only their counting...but their number recognition. |
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| Perfection...I loved how she used 1-1 correspondence while counting! |
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| 5 little pumpkins sitting on the gate! Our poem for the week... |
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| We retold the poem. Recalling is a great first step to reading comprehension. |
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| Pumpkin stair steps... I loved this activity for many reasons. Fine motor wise they had to pick up these tiny little pumpkins (tricky for small fingers) Number sense wise: they were able to visually see how numbers increase in size as they count. And they had to use 1-1 correspondence while counting! |
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| Great job sweet girl! You did it perfectly! |
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| How many pumpkins do you see. This was a fun little book that aided in counting and color words. |
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| P is for Play-doh |
