Our Wednesday “Green Day” Class had an inside day today. We left the possibility open that we might go out to play but the rain stayed consistent and there were bits of lightning so we adjusted and stayed indoors all day. There was watercolor for flames of fire painting available too.
Read on to learn more about our day including a special visitor and make believe play that lasted through pick up time.
How do you clap in sign language?
What did Lane’s daddy draw on the orange containers?
What costume did you say that you would like to be wearing for Halloween?
What did you draw about fire in your journal today?
Where did you sit for story time today?
Read more: Learning sign language, painting with water, things on fire and eating fish food: WEDNESDAY F WEEK1. How do you clap in sign language?
Maybe they can demonstrate: hands in the air “waving” in a little twist.
We had an early mini Circle Time today with Auden’s grandma, Grandma Joan. She was a teacher and knows sign language. They demonstrated doing Five Little Pumpkins in sign language. Some of the signs are similar to the actions we do. Our class watched carefully and did some of the signs along with her and Auden. The video is not muted, it really was that quiet!
During our regular Circle Time, followed the timeline for our Serious Pumpkin Project and cut the lid off of the top of the pumpkin!
2. What did Lane’s daddy draw on the orange containers?
Faces!
That is just one of 5 F words from snack today: fish, food, fruit, face and Frankenberry cereal. Look in your child’s things and you will see that Lane also gave a take home bag full of snack! Thank you Lane for a fun and festive snack! We also saved the lids from the oranges and put them on our little orange rug. There was math involved as the lids came one by one.
3. What costume did you say that you would like to be wearing for Halloween?
We reviewed the same list again and made adjustments as needed. I giggled at how many of the costumes are yet evolving and again wonder how many of these ideas the grownups at the home are aware of.
We also played a guessing game for one friend who revealed at the end of the day that she was indeed going to be a fox! We knew it was an animal while we guessed a lot of them (including a horse eating a blueberry), we never guessed fox!
4. What did you draw about fire in your journal today
We had houses on fire, buildings on fire, cars of fire, entire prairies on fire and campfires. Some friends were motivated to get a fire truck drawn and then went over to the project table to find blue crayons to be water.
5. Where did you sit for story time today?
In our pretend fire truck!
We made it by carrying chairs to the Circle Time rug and lining them up. We answered pretend calls from 911 and then went on our way pausing to read about George at the fire station.
We finished our day still in the midst of imaginary play. Children left with their grown-ups with their backpacks being their fire packs and their coats being their fire fighter uniforms. Their own vehicles were fire trucks and I liked watching them leave with the slightly wider eye gaze of make-believe still fully engaged.
Happy Wednesday, everyone, stay, curious and kind!
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