Now that we’ve made it through the spooky season, we can really focus on celebrating the fall. November has been so full of activities. We’ve been working a lot on our balancing skills. Outside classroom has tires, boards, hopscotch and walking on cups. When the children use them it helps improve balance, coordination and awareness. Balance is the ability to maintain control of a particular body position while performing a given task with minimal posture sway. Balance helps the children be more aware of their surrounding environment.

One of the projects we spent a lot of time on was our fall leaf project. The children had to gather their own leaves and glue them onto to the paper. It was particularly fun taking photos of the children blowing. I think they all turned out awesome. We also made snake finger puppets. The children had fun playing around with them. I just wanted to add how thankful I am to have the privilege of working with your children in the outdoor classroom. I love watching them learn, play, develop new skills, make new friends and use their imaginations. I only wish I had a video camera ready at all times to capture some of those moments.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-CYjRpGJPh8ogqbikMWZTfHFzN3bJ5tD?usp=sharing

What do you think of when you think about fall? Changing leaves? Halloween? Apple cider? Or maybe it’s everyone’s favorite fall fruit…..pumpkins! This is the best time of year to be outdoors. Hummingbirds and butterflies made their daily appearances. Esmee captured the moment perfectly in her drawing. We had a nature scavenger hunt, a measuring scavenger hunt. Some of the girls made tape bracelets with the things they found. We had fun with the new farm sensory bins. One with a barn and farm animals and another one with a corn silo and a tractor and trailer. They improved their balancing skills while playing follow the leader. We set up a fall themed hopscotch. I’m sure a few of you will remember it from your own school years. Bugs, bugs and more bugs. They rescued them from a taped up cupcake pan and some friends used tweezers to place the bugs in a bug cage. Finally our art project was making paper pumpkins. Celebrate fall with your children by getting outdoors and going on a nature walk.

To see photos please click on the link below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kIy5MVZyJPYn48at6GZ_jv7sat770Xki?usp=sharing