Despite the weather, we have been getting outside as much as we can.  Yesterday we took advantage of slightly warmer temperatures (although the wind was still pretty wild!) and sticky snow.  We spent an extra long time outside because everyone was so engaged in building and playing.

Last week during ECO everyone had a chance to use animal track molds to create a tracking story in sand.  Each child was also able to make their own mold using plaster of paris.  We will continue with the tracking theme this week.  On Thursday we began working on dioramas of animals in winter with our third and fourth grade partners.  This week we will use clay to complete the scenes.

During math we began a fun unit on shapes.  We have been exploring shapes and noticing defining features of each shape and comparing different shapes.  We also imagined what different shapes could be and used the shapes to create pictures.

Enjoying the slightly warmer temperatures.

The beginnings of a snow fort.

Creating a winter scene in a box.

Tracking stories in the sand.

Raccoon track.

An oval can be a cat!