Happy Halloween!

Thank you so much to all of you helped out with our Halloween party! The kids had so much fun :)

 Ghosts we made earlier in the week.

 Decorating Cookies :) YUM!

 Pin the nose on the Jack o Lantern, it was a ton of fun and the kids loved it.

Here is a poem and a song the kids loved singing this month. 

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I meant to get a picture of all the kids in their costumes but of course I forgot with how busy it was.

Field trip, spiders and dinosaurs

What do those three have in common? Not really anything other than the fact I got behind on posting the last 2 weeks and need to update with some pictures. I will try to keep it short and sweet.

We went to Pumpkin Land in Vineyard again this year for our Fall field trip. It is always so much fun and the kids seem to have a great time. This year they had tons of new things. I was so impressed with how much they had added. Everyone had a great time. Thanks to all you that came and helped out.

 Dancing in the gourd house.

 It didn't take us very long to find the exit. Last year was much more difficult.

 They added a bunch of animals this year. The kids really loved seeing them all.

 Going through the "light alley". It was actually much darker than this. My flash on the camera made it look so light.

 We ended the field trip by celebrating a little boy's birthday and having cookies.

For art one day we made these cute little spiders. They were much more work than I expected them to be but the kids loved them and loved making them dance around. So it was all worth it in the end. 

This week we learned all about dinosaurs. I have mostly boys this year and they were so excited to learn all about the dinosaurs. We talked about where and when they lived. What sort of things they ate and we even found a dinosaur egg. We also talked about different ways scientists believe they died and talked about them being extinct. 

 The dinosaur egg they found after a scavenger hunt. They got to smell it, feel it and guess when they thought it would hatch. One little guy said it felt like a watermelon. :)

 We played don't get stuck in the swamp. The swamp kept getting bigger and they had to jump over it without falling in. They loved this game.

 Our egg hatched! They thought I was pretty funny to paint a watermelon. It was a nice little snack too.

 We made a volcano ready to erupt out of play dough. I found a fun recipe that said to mix the vinegar with water and dish soap. It made the volcano really foamy.

 Here is our edible volcano. Chocolate pudding, ice cream cone, frosting for laval and dinosaur fruit snacks. One way scientists think the dinosaurs died was from lots of volcanos erupting. They loved these and almost everyone said they were going to wait to eat it when they got home because they wanted to show it to their moms. I found it funny at the end of the day to see some of them sneaking over to take a lick or a bite. I guess they just couldn't wait any longer.

Black and Brown Day

The first month of class came and went so fast. I can't believe we are already in October. We had a great time last Thursday with Black and Brown day. We talked about bats and the kids were fascinated watching a video on Flying Fox bats. They are HUGE! I don't really mind bats but I may be a little nervous with these guys flying around me.

After talking about where bats live, the food they eat and the different features they have that make them a mammal and not a bird we made a picture of bats. The kids had a lot of fun making them. 

This little guy was so bashful about getting his picture done. It was so adorable.

Since lots of bats eat bugs we made some dirt with some worms on it for the kids to eat. They loved this tasty treat of oreos, chocolate pudding, cool whip and gummy worms.

I am so excited for our first field trip tomorrow. See you then!