Story - The Evergreens

This is a story of giving of yourself and helping someone else.
This story explains why the Evergreen trees stay green all year and why other trees like maples, oaks, and the birch lose their leaves.
Hope you enjoy it.

Seuss Play Trays

 Cat in the Hat story stones.

 Straight from the book.

 Patterning while building a Cat in the Hat hat.

 Works on eye to hand coordination.

 Fine motor skills.

 And true Dr Seuss silliness.

Then simply enjoying the story.

 

 Green Eggs and Ham story blocks.

Pictures from the stories taped on the sides of blocks.

 Nesting eggs.

Three eggs of various sizes that fit inside each other.

With a green fried egg in the middle.



 

Green Eggs at the Art Table

This year I didn't want to make a green egg craft but wanted 

an activity that would be more exploratory.

 So I filled green eggs with green jello.

 It provided an opportunity to practice cracking eggs open.

 They weren't sure what to make of it at first.

But once they figured out how to squeeze the egg open

they did it over and over.

 

We found toys around the room that were 

in the book"Green Eggs and Ham".

 Train, fox, goat, car and tree.

She's feeding the tree so it will grow tall.
Her mom talked about what they use at home to help the plants grow
then she gave her a new word "compost".

It feels ooey, gooey, squishing between the fingers.

Green Eggs and Ham 2012

Each morning the children sign in by finding their picture then answering 

a question.

This week's question "What do you like for breakfast?"

 Today I switched the eggs to green eggs.

Believe it or not about four children chose the green eggs.

 

In the house area we had coloured eggs and ham to feed the babies.

 For snack we made green scrambled eggs but this year

we started with some green coloured eggs.

I asked the children to predict if the inside of the egg would be green too.

 But of course it wasn't.

 so we had to add the colour.

 With the green scrambled eggs, I always make regular yellow too.

The children were surveyed to see if they liked the green eggs.

 Thumbs up shows I like it.

Sometimes it amazes parents when their child will try something 

at school that they wouldn't try at home.

I'm not sure why that is.

Feeling Spotty

Today was a warm up to the beginning of our Seuss Week.

We focused on a book not written by Dr. Seuss but is from the Seuss Reading Series

And it was one of my favourite books as a child.

I love the play with spots.

 So we joined the "Mad Dot Challenge" at 

Irresistible Ideas for Play Based Learning

The Mad Dot Challenge is based on the work of UK artist, Yayoi Kusama.

What fun it would have been to be part of applying the dots in her room.

But instead we settled on these white dishes

 I found to spot.

 The little dot stickers were tricky for the littlest ones to apply.

So I found bigger stickers that worked better.

After we spotted the dishes we spotted ourselves.

And our grown ups.

And our own drawings.

 

We also read another great book called "Press Here" by Herve Tullet

This is a fun, interactive book.

After you touch, shake or blow, the dots change.

If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it.

It was a wonderfully spotty day.

Field Trip to the Mountain

What a day it was to go up to the mountain to look for birds 

and hang our feeders.

 It was snowing and blowing like crazy.

Even by this afternoon it had moved down the mountain to town.

Five families braved the roads this morning and joined me at the Nordic ski area.

We walked through a group of trees, making trails.

A little help was needed to make it through until the snow was packed down.

 It was less windy and a little warmer in the trees.

 We hung the orange slices covered with bird seed.

And the strings of cheerios.

We looked for birds but I think they were smart enough to 

stay hidden away where it was warm.

I hope it doesn't snow too much so the birds will be able

to find these treats.

 The snow was tested to see if it was good snowball making snow.

 But no it was fluffy and great for catching on our tongues.

And our eyelashes, hat and everywhere.

We finally went into the lodge and enjoyed a snack and stories 

by the fire.

I'll post the story I told, "The Evergreens" on the weekend.