ECO HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR TOMORROW.   Our leader is injured and unable to join us.  However, we were lucky to have a good chunk of time outside this morning before the rain came.  Needless to say, the children really enjoyed the snow!  

Each Friday we meet with third grade partners.  We work on a variety of different things together.   It is amazing to see how responsive kindergarteners are to their partners, and in turn how responsible the third graders are in their role.  Today we played a variety of math games together.

We had another great ECO morning. The children are mastering the routine of getting ready for a day in the forest.  While some of us were a little hot on the bus, I think we were all glad to have our warm clothing as  the temperature dropped through the morning.  When we  first arrived at the forest we played a running game and sang a song before splitting into three groups.  Each group followed a different route to our established meeting spot.  Children immediately ran to check on their mouse houses and many began working on repairs while some built new houses.  Soon we constructed a fire circle and gathered around to hear a story about the different kinds of wood needed to build a fire.  Ask your children if they remember the three kinds we gathered today.  Then we set out in groups again to collect the wood. We had snack around our fire, which proved to be too small for making tea!  We will try again next time, Wednesday, December 19th, which will be our last ECO morning until March.  Please let me know if you'd like to join us.

Making mouse house repairs.

Constructing a new mouse village!

Creating a safety circle around our fire.

Listening to a story about different kinds of wood for a fire.

Gathering fire materials.

Enjoying snack outside the safety circle.

Finishing snack by the fire.

ECO tomorrow!  The temperature looks to be quite a bit chillier than today- please send your child with   warm socks, warm winter boots, snow pants, winter jacket, hat and mittens.  Also please send a snack and water bottle.

Below are some pictures of children during math stations.  This week we have been working on creating patterns with number or arrangement instead of color.  We have also continued working on breaking patterns into their units and sequencing numbers.

Making a 1-3 pattern

Breaking a pattern into units

Playing a pattern guessing game

Sequencing numbers