At Morning Meeting on Tuesday, we decided on our baking project for today, and despite some interest in cupcakes and brownies, the end decision was banana bread! It turns out that this was a good choice because the Turtles are excellent at mashing bananas! Cooking is also a great time for incorporating math and science skills into the day as we measure and count cups of flour, and watch the changing textures as wet ingredients mix with dry.
At Morning Meeting, Carol read the book,
Music Around the World with beautiful images of people all around the world enjoying a wide variety of music. On almost every page, the Turtle broke into rhythm or song, adding their own flavor to the book. For instance, when we read the page, "Music is for celebrations," the Turtles spontaneously sang "Happy Birthday" and the "Go Well and Safely" in unison.
The playground was filled with fun chase games, explorations of the changing garden, and swinging on the swing. The Turtles are also enjoying interacting with the other classes on the playground, and are quiet good friends and helpers to the younger children!
At Read Aloud, we revisited Farmer Brown, this time in the book
Click Clack Splish Splash. The Turtle are developing their one-to-one corresspondence, the idea that one object corresponds to one number, and today, Tamara tried to trick them as they counted. She would touch each object in a series, and then stop! The Turtles had to stop counting too, instead of continuing the rote counting. They are getting very good at this, and Tamara only managed to trick them a few times!
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