Exploring Boxes

Over the past week we have noticed that students needed a change in the dramatic play center.
We polled the class to see what they wanted to do and the winning idea was boxes.

First we had to clear out the dramatic play area...this was a big job.

Then we provided students with a variety of boxes to explore.

To give students a view ideas we listened to the story Not A Box- here is a link to the story you can watch at home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KXuBcdmktY

Some made cars:

Some made robots:

Some made houses and forts:

We are interesting in watching what the students create as we gather more boxes and explore different ways to use them.

Zoo Adventures

After listening to students expressing an interest in creating a zoo we have provided them with a variety of materials to explore different animals and create a zoo.

They having been working hard this week building our classroom zoo.

Here is a quick peek at some of what we have been doing and working on:
Reminder- click on the photos and videos to make them bigger.

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Brrrrr, it's cold!

We have had a very cold week at school and haven't been able to go outside all week.
With the cold weather outside we decided to bring the snow inside so students still had a chance to experience it.

Here's a look at some of the fun we had.

This week we hope things warm up so we can all go outside and have fun in the snow!