Pumpkin Patch

This week we visited the Pumpkin Patch in Sumner.  It was a beautiful day with fields of colorful pumpkins.  We had lots of fun on the tractor ride, picking a pumpkin, seeing the farm animals and playing in the rope maze.

Apple pie

Finger painting is good for a lot of things-sensory work, creative expression and practicing name writing.

Lunch after the play performance.

We are continuing our study of community.  Today the milkman came for a visit.

We love it when Ms. Suzanne comes to sing with us!

It's hard work to make an apple pie.  First you have to peel the apples.

Then you have to cut up the apples.

Then you can measure the peels.

Some preferred the standing up method of measuring.

Others laid them out flat.

It's amazing how much learning we can pack into a week of school!  Finger painting, just for fun?  Fun, yes, but it's also an opportunity for fine motor work and practice writing your name.  Then we took a print of the finger painting, traced an apple on it, the kids cut it out and wrote their name on it.  More fine motor work and name writing; important skills for young children.   Making apple pie is fun and tastes good but it also gives us opportunities to talk about parts of the apple, the life cycle of the apple, how apple seeds compare with pumpkin seeds, and measuring the peel of the apples.  Simple apple pie becomes science and math.

Fire Station

Look at all the things you can make with geometric shapes!

A Seabury parent is an Air Force pilot and Alaska Airlines pilot, lucky us, he came in to share about his job.

When you're in pre-k, nothing is more exciting than the fire station!

It was our turn to present at the all school gathering.  The kids are singing "Alouette", in French, of course!

We are continuing our study of community in the Ladybug classroom.  This week we learned about pilots and fire stations.   We have a milk man coming this week!  It's a busy place!