Once upon a time a bear family got all of their snack food ready for a picnic. They had peanut butter, oreos, fruits and vegetables. They had bread as well but something was carrying it away! Then there were also mice, snakes, moose, birds, ducks, turtles…uh ho!
Read on to learn about the bread, rehydrating strawberries, another cup problem, making shamrocks and using our fists!
Who was carrying the bread away?
We looked again at our book from last week, focusing mostly on the Silly picnic Snack page. Some more favorite “I spy” moments: a snake has their head in a peanut butter jar, a bird is waiting in the tree, the ducks are eating oreos…what else do you see?
What filled every hole of your snack tray?
Sea Salt Sugar Snap peas, freeze dried Strawberries, Small Sugar cookies and String cheese! Thank you, Owen for a superb S Snack!
Getting our snack trays was a little different because normally children look for the cup with their name on it to know which tray is their’s. Today they got to take any tray and any cup because of the cup problem. Earlier in the day a few friends went on an investigation to figure out the cup problem. (The story is that Ms Kristin noticed that there was dirt stuck under the tape of the name tags so Grandma Bonnie took all the name tags off.)
What did Grandma Mona show us we could do with the strawberries?
Put them in water!
She demonstrated it for us at Circle Time and children had a chance to experience it at Snack Time.
It did evolve into “potion making” after some friends took their trays to the kitchen (what they do once they are finished).
Thank you, Grandma Mona for seizing the teachable moment!
How did you get the green papers to stick to your shamrock?
Green glue paint and tiny paintbrushes!
Our March art project has the words, “Things turn green in March” so we kept our eyes out for green things inside and out.
What sound did we make when we pounded our fists?
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
At Circle Time we looked at some picture cards of associated S and SH words: The sun came out and made a shadow. I rode in a ship on the sea. I used a shovel to dig in the sand. I washed my hands with soap in the sink. I washed my hair with shampoo in the shower, etc.
This is an activity that can engage all levels of pre-reading and reading. Some friends are identifying the pictures only, some are looking for an H next to the S, some are reading the words, etc.
Enjoy more photos and a video from our day:
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