Garden

We turned the soil in the garden today.  We picked out any roots and weeds and used them to start filling the hole in our playground.  The kids also found a June Bug and were happy to hear it wasn't poisonous!

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Timmmmberrrrrr!

It's May!

This month we will be learning about gardens.  Flowers, Herbs, and Vegetables too.  We will be working up to our playground vegetable garden by the end of the month.  We managed to do a little work on our indoor flower garden before we were once again distracted by all the "worker men."

Getting a better view.

See the rope attached to the truck, the other end is attached to the far bare tree.
 They were just about to pull the whole thing down. CRASH!

Last Week Before Project Began

Today at Naptime

Watercolor Flower for our "Indoor Garden"

Wolves and Pigs

The Little Pigs (and a lurking wolf in the pink hood)

The Little Wolves

The Little Pigs would not let the wolves in to play.  We even said please but they wouldn't listen, they thought we wanted to eat them.  We tried to explain that we brought PB&J to share...
Finally The Little Pigs agreed to meet The Wolves outside at the picnic table for a picnic.  The food was imaginary, but what a feast they had.  PB&J with Shaker cheese (this is what wolves eat) and the pigs brought "slop cream cones" to share with everyone.  Yummmm.

An obstacle course we built.

The Wobbly Bridge.

You might notice in the background that they have begun cutting all our neighbors trees down.  It is quite exciting to watch,  but quite sad to think about.  They are doing this as part of the preparations for the major reconstruction of our road taking place this summer!  Look for trees along your way that have the orange markers, they are all getting cut down. :(

A Personal Favorite

I first read the following poem in my high school Early Childhood Class. Hope you find it meaningful as I always have...

Unity
I dreamed I stood in a studio
And watched two sculptors there
The clay they used was a young child’s mind
And they fashioned it with care

One was a teacher: the tools he used
Were books and music and art
One was a parent with a guiding hand
And a gentle loving heart

Day after day the teacher toiled
With touch that was loving and sure While the parent laboured by his side
And polished and smoothed it o’er

And when at last the task was done They were proud of what they had wrought
For the things they had moulded in the young child’s mind child’s mind Could neither be sold or bought

And each agreed they would have failed If they had worked alone,
For beside the parent stood the school
And behind the teacher, the home