Today we shared our nature name books and paper mache with our third and fourth grade buddies.  Kindergarteners shared their projects with lots of pride and the third and fourth graders were excellent listeners.  I heard many compliments and words of encouragement.

This week our focus for ECO was beavers.  We are fortunate to have a stuffed beaver residing in our classroom for the week, so we are able to do some close observations and get a really good sense of what a real beaver looks like as well as some of the features that help them survive.  One classmate had a chance to dress up as a beaver so we could check out some of these characteristics!  In the forest children used peelers to whittle sticks and  worked in teams to build dams (it was too cold to actually do this in water, but I think they got a good sense of process- we may try again on a warmer day.)

Another highlight of our week was getting a couch for the classroom.  The pre-school was replacing their couch and generously gave us the old one.  It has been a huge hit!