Puppets, Scarecrows and Slides

At today's Morning Meeting, we talked a little about the meaning of "percussion," and each Turtle did a call and response rhythm pattern. We have realized that we are more than drummers, because we are interested in making a variety of sounds with percussion instruments (A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration.)

Then, the Turtles found out about our big surprise of the day - a puppet show at the Upper School library! We had a quick snack and headed off (with a fast stop at our favorite tree). Arriving was very exciting, as we went through a giant room full of books and made our way to the Reading Room. All of the children from Early Childhood were there, and the puppeteer was showing them her lion puppet. Then, she passed out pretend fruit and vegetables and desserts and rubber ducks to the kids, and the show began. It was the story of a man trying to give his rubber chicken a bath, and each of the children got to go up and put their "food" into his bathtub. The Turtles really enjoyed being part of the show.

Afterwords, we walked past the front of the school and got to check out all of the funny scarecrows standing there. Then we went to the Kindergarten playground and really enjoyed using all the different equipment.

We sang our Goodbye Song to our half day friends on our way back from the Lower School and headed in for lunch. Today's lunch discussion got very silly. We started off talking about the puppet show and then one of the Turtles proposed that the guinea pigs had also gone to a puppet show, while we were out of the room. Then, we discussed how funny it would be if the guinea pigs put on a puppet show for us. This led to a long and giggly conversation about the various kinds of clothing guinea pigs might wear. What a nice and silly way to wind up our week.