We acted out to The Nutcracker Ballet and tried on many costumes.

Making gingerbread

We roll out the dough with powdered sugar, and cut our gingerbread people!

First, we measure the ingredients and mix...

Shaking cream into butter

Baking in the Kitchen

 

Our Eggs-periment

We put eggs in vinegar and water. What will happen to the eggs?

The students draw what they see on their charts.

To Our Student Teacher: We miss you!!

Balance Beam

The children walk the balance beam over the "alligator pit."

A walk in the woods

Miss Jan led us on a nature walk through Van Patten Woods. We were nature detectives. We heard geese, saw moss and dead trees, and dicussed different kinds of leaves.

Our pumpkin

Our class carved a pumpkin. We voted to carve a scary face.

We took turns scooping and counting out the seeds.

Puffy Paint

The Adventure class mixed shaving cream and glue, then added color to make puffy paint!

Apple Tarts

We made apple tarts for snack.

Making applesauce

The adventure class had a great time making applesauce today!

After cooking them, we put the apples through the applesauce machine.

We washed and cut the apples.

Discovery Class

Puppet Show

Busy Builders

Fun with Flour

Pioneers East Class

Dress-up Time

Grocery Shopping

Making Silly Putty

Pioneer West: I am proud of my work!

Dancing to the Beat-Pioneer West

The boy and girls of the Pioneer West class enjoyed playing with the percussion instruments.

Voyagers Class

Gadget painting

Voyagers

Sensory at the sand table

Voyagers

Fine motor development

Voyagers

Dramatic Play

Toad

The afternoon Pioneer class enjoyed a visit with Sedrick the Toad, found on the playground. We talked about what kind of bugs toads like to eat, and where toads like to live. After our visit, we went outside and put Sedrick back into the bushes. Maybe we'll see him again soon!

Adventure Class

Dramatic Play

Adventure Class

First week of school

socializing at the sand table

Welcome Discovery Class

The Discovery class was introduced to the classroom, new friends, new routines and expectations, as the parents accompanied their children on the first day of class for the year 2010-2011.

Welcome Discovery Class

Hand washing is fun!