We went exploring inside. First we looked for outside things inside. Then we found lots of art. We found the fire pit. We are looking forward to our first fire. Too bad the weather had us postpone it.
A little people watching is fun. Who left their lunch was a big mystery. Will they come back to eat it? Yes. Where were they? Washing her hand? You never know what you will find or what will interest us. Written by S Robitaille
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Since the weather in southern Ontario has been so unpredictable there has been some changes to the forest. Freezing rain and wind has caused some branches and trees to fall. We have been finding and exploring the fallen trees. We are trying to figure out how/why they fell, the age of the tree and if it effected anything else? We have found that some large trees have fallen on smaller trees and knocked them over. The Bruce Trail club have come by and tidied up the trails by cutting branches to clear the way. Thank you.
We have counted rings, made impressions and climbed on these wonderful trees. I wish we know someone with a chainsaw and time. Adding slices to camp to play with would be awesome. Written by S Robitaille What do you do when you see a raccoon in the morning? Why is there a raccoon walking in the woods? Hey, isn't he a night animal? If you are a member of forest school you know all these answers. If you see a wild animal or a loose dog you stand like a statue and wait. (The teachers will let us know if we need to move) We wait until the animal has left. Why is it awake? We guess. Did someone wake him? Did his home fall down? Did his home flood? Maybe he is late for bed/dinner/party? Yes a raccoon is a nocturnal animal. They are awake during the night and sleep all day. On this day we were doing a lot of problem solving. How to get were we need to be when we keep coming across obstacles. We came across giant puddle and large patches of ice. While we were trying to figure out how to cross a large patch of ice we noticed a stream of water flowing over the ice.
We were watching a leaf float down the stream when we noticed a raccoon on the other side watching us. The raccoon was walking through the trees watching us. We stood like statues together, quietly, carefully, watching the raccoon watching us. The raccoon came to the edge of the ice and tip toed across it keeping a safe distance away. The raccoon was scared of us and we were scared of it. Not a sound was made. The raccoon landed on some grass and ran. It made a giant circle around us. When the coast was clear the raccoon ran along the edge of the soccer field to find it's home. When the coast was clear we breathed. We found our voices again. Back to problem solving, how to cross the icy path. We learned from the raccoon how to cross safely. Little steps and slowly. Written by S Robitaille The inclement weather on Thursday was a perfect backdrop for inquiry about the storm. There were strong winds this morning and we decided to add in a few supplies to our wagon to make wind socks. The children discovered how strong the wind was: We sat at the bleachers and began to colour our windsocks, the children learned/discovered how strong the wind was as they held down their paper bags with one hand and coloured with the other. We tied the strings and the children had a go with the wind socks. Some of them blew away. The children observed how fast the bags blew away, they ran fast to catch them, only to have them blow away again! A few were forever lost, as the wind was faster than we could run. We put on our detective hats to find clues of the storm, we discovered a tree that was broken in half, we went in closer for an in depth investigation. What were the children noticing? -Changes in our environment, before and after the storm -cause and effect -The different states of water ( ice and liquid). -Ice is slippy and fun!- A great core workout trying to stay upright while walking along the ice. - The wind is fast, and we have to run faster to catch our wind socks. -The wind is strong, it broke a tree and we saw many branches broken off in our walk. - A LOT of deer poop- with much of the snow melted, the children observed lots of piles of deer poop. Is it from one deer? A family? How many deer live in our forest? -garbage has blown everywhere! Good stewards of the earth, we all pick up the garbage and recycle or dispose of it! Every year we count each day from September until we reach the 100th day. We celebrate with all things 100. We build 100 piece puzzles, 100 block structures, 100 hats, 100 paper chain loops, 100 physical activities (eg. 100sec jumping jacks) and the best part the 100 piece snack. We discussed what life was like in 1919 and guessed what it would be like in 2119. We made self-portraits of us at 100 years old. Paragraph. html.weebly.incl.utils_1. |
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