StoryWalk - The Jolly Postman

While we were at the Visitor Centre I set up several activities outside.

One was a StoryWalk.

 The Jolly Postman by Allan and Janet Ahlberg.

There isn't much green space around the centre so I used a clothesline

to hang the story on a fence.

To expand the idea of mail I set up a mail box with envelopes and pens.

They wrote their address on the envelopes and put them in the mailbox.

I'll mail them soon.

I hope they are surprised when it arrives at their house.

Marmots on Groundhog Day

We spent the morning at our local Visitor's Centre.

They have a wonderful hands on discovery area.

I created a scavenger hunt of items to find in the discovery area.

It worked as a guide because there is so much to see.

I'm just sharing a bit here today.

But what interested me the most was the marmot display

and their burrows.

It's perfect for the children to crawl into.

I brought the stool so they could pop their head out of the top.

We discovered that there are small tunnels connecting both sides.

At one point a child thought he saw a snake inside,

so I crawled in with a flashlight

and discovered it was a wire hanging down.

But that lead us to discover that the burrows are connected.

We practiced, a little, looking for our shadows.