What are we thankful for?

The children created lists of things that they were thankful for in Wordle and made colorful word clouds. These word clouds were then placed on mats that were woven out of construction paper. The technology involved in the project was a snap. The most difficult task was cutting the strips of paper to weave! The children read lots of Thanksgiving poems together, some with real voice and tone . . . an impromptu poetry jam. Everyone pitched in to rearrange the tables so that we could all sit together at one giant table for our Thanksgiving Feast. After every ingredient was mixed in the largest pot we could find Mrs. Barfield carved our pineapple turkey. We all enjoyed a bountiful bowl of gorp snack mix and fresh pineapple. We certainly do have a lot to be thankful for!

Fall Images

We all had a wonderful time at the Harvest Party, both school wide and in the classroom. I've never seen children gobble up bowls full of vegetables like they did the day we dined on Stone Soup. Many of them went back for seconds and savored every drop! Many thanks to our gardener, Andrew, for coordinating that effort.
Our most recent 4 Winds workshop was all about beavers. The children loved pretending to be beavers eating their way around a tree (carrot in our case) to see which direction it would fall. This task was much tougher than one would think given that most of the children are sporting a toothless grin these days. They all have a new appreciation for how much work goes into creating beaver dams and lodges.