Fabulous Fall Fun
9/21/2019
This beautiful fall week was full of exciting activities and learning opportunities! We began our week with a super fun Fall Outing Event. We were blessed with a break in the rain and all the classes headed outside to spend the morning playing some fun games and then enjoying a popcorn and muffin snack. What a great time everyone had!! We first used a parachute and some fall leaves to practice working together to make room for everyone and then accomplish something really fun. The children learned that we had to work together to get those leaves to really fly! Of course, hiding under the parachute is always fun too! There was also bean bag toss into the “pumpkin”, and ring toss onto the “candy corn”. Pumpkin Bowling with green and orange balls was especially popular! These games were opportunities to practice gross motor skills, as well as the importance of taking turns and cooperation. After the children had participated in each of the games they were treated to an outdoor snack of popcorn and muffins. After our snack our class walked around the fence and out to the field to do some exploring and investigate some cracks in the field where the soil had settled and cracked during November’s earthquake. We also have been examining the changes in the leaves and other foliage this week. We have been comparing the different kinds of leaves, sorting them by types and have begun some leaf art projects. We made our own pictures of fall leaves with dot markers and then our fingers! The highlight of week though, had to be our trip to Pyrah’s Pioneer Peak Farm in Palmer! Our goal was to see how vegetables grow, especially pumpkins! We had a fun bus ride there and everyone was super excited!! We enjoyed a story from Miss Janet about a boy who hated vegetables until he found out how they grew and actually tasted them. Then we all piled into wagons for a hayride around the farm and out to the fields to see the pumpkin patch and the other vegetables. We looked at the potatoes and other vegetables growing, and each child was able to take home a bag of their very own vegetables! The children and (grown-ups too) had a wonderful time in the fresh fall air, and we even got a little sunshine as a bonus! We had some tired little farmers on the way home! Thank you to Pyrah’s farm for providing a wonderful experience for us, and thank you to all our parent helpers who came along with us! It was the perfect start to our study about Autumn and all the great things it brings.
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Melissa SmithMs. Smith has a degree in Early Childhood Education and has taught kindergarten for many years. Alaska has been home to Ms. Smith for 28 years, and she can't imagine living anywhere else! She has four children, a dog and two cats. She loves reading, camping, gardening, and genealogy! Archives
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