FARMERS MARKET

Interest in space has waned amongst the majority of the group as they discover more options in the classroom.  We still have a few children that are following that interest.  Mr Billadeau and myself will continue to support those friends while others pursue and explore what inspires them.

Thursday morning is normally Spanish with Señor Geffen.  Unfortunately he was sick, but Señora Diaz asked if we wanted to join Mr. Andrews and Ms. Lawrences class.  We practiced our colors and sang a couple of songs.

I managed to video the children singing 'Mi cuerpo'.

Students were very excited to work with clay as you can tell from the conversations and the creative ideas below.  I placed a large block of clay in the center of the table, and purposely did not offer any tools at first.  I encouraged the children to use their hands to pull the clay from the block and manipulate it into various shapes which some of them found challenging.  Clay is one way we help a child strengthen the same muscles they use for writing and drawing.

  Fang:"I made Earth in a half, and that's the core."

Leonard:”The asteroids combine.”

Grace:"It's so cold."

Evy:”Yes, but when  you play with it, it’s really soft.”

Grace: “I’m making something you can’t make.  I’m making it for you.”

Leonard:”A regular tower and now it’s a ghost tower, it transformed.”

Solveig:”Look, a flat pancake.”

Ike: "I’m destroying ironman’s suit, can I have the hammer. TIME TO SMASH."

I love the exuberence with which Luca embraced playing with clay. Friends had such a good time playing with the sculpture materials I have decided to leave  a block of clay out on the small table as a workchoice rather than a 'Have to' next week. 

We read another Lois Ehlert which links to our field trip to the Farmer's market.

Thank you to Laurie, Amber, Micah and Laura, for volunteering to join us on the field trip to the Farmer's market.  It is a short trip but the children love it, and it is one of my favorites.  We had 5 color groups.  

Red

Yellow and orange

Blue and purple

Green and white

Brown and tan

Each group got $5.00 and had to find different fruits and vegetables in whatever color their group was assigned.  We encouraged our groups to ask for 50c or $1.00's worth of fruits and vegetables rather than a whole basket for $3.00 or $4.00.  It is amazing how much you can get when you are 4 and 5 years old, the cuteness factor helps.  So many great pictures thanks to MrBilladeau's photography skills.

A great way for us to come together as a community is to cook.  Smoothies and soup are two ideas that we have so far.   If you want to help your child brainstorm some more ideas while you look at the pictures below then we can discuss what we can make next week.  This is a great segway into our seed study, which we start at this time of year.

We encourage you and our students to bring in seeds from different fruits and vegetables, flowers, plants and trees, allowing us to study them and to take a closer at what we have growing in our gardens, in our communities and in Minnesota.

QUESTIONS

What did you make out of clay?
What color was your group at the Farmer's market?
You could help your child think of other things we could cook and we can add it to our list next week?

Friday 20th September is Legacy day.  Pre-k and Kindergarten do not join in with the rest of the school.  1st graders through 12th graders from Northrup, and Wayzata join the Hopkins campus students and spend their time doing service learning projects.    Pre-k sticks to their normal Community day routine.

Flyers were sent home but thought I would add this reminder that on Saturday 28th September is the Saturday social from 10:00am to 12:00pm.

Enjoy your weekend