The Continuing Adventure of Percussion

Choice Time today was spent in construction, caring for the guinea pigs and in a impromptu "skiing" session, as the kids discovered the slidability of some of our long blocks.

At Morning Meeting, we sang some songs, and recorded ourselves talking about the discoveries we'd made on our drumming walk. The Turtles are exploring a wide range of sounds and the ways that we can make sounds change.

After snack (it was pretzel day!), we headed out for some playground time and another walking adventure. We stopped to visit our favorite tree and found, much to our surprise, that the Little Frogs were already there. Then, we discovered that our favorite tree was also their favorite tree!

The Turtles have gotten very good at making themselves the perfect drumming sticks, and we discovered some new ways to make sounds on fences and trees today. We also realized that there are a lot more leaves on the ground, and Robby orchestrated a group of friends to help him make a good leaf pile - and then to leap in it! We stood in a circle to sing goodbye to our morning friends and then came in for a new favorite story - A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein. The Turtles are getting good at figuring out - and making up - rhyming words.