Oh The Wind Blows East

What a week! From fresh snow to high winds, we really fared some weather. I'll keep it light this week with lots of pictures, but here are just a couple of notes: 

*Don't forget to sign up for a conference here, or to contact me to arrange a time to meet. 

*Please, when you're dropping off your child turn off the engine to your car - our school is an idle-free zone. Young lungs are developing!

*I'm sure you got the email from Mr. G about remote school the week of November 16. I'm figuring out what this will mean for pre-k and will let you know asap. 

We've enjoyed lots of deep breathing this week, a practice that centers kids and teachers alike. I hope you all at home have an opportunity to take deep breaths as well. While you do, you can picture your children playing with friends in the forest. 

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Snow before Halloween? These kids loved it!

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We took a hike out to Mt. Everest, and crossed our favorite log along the way. Much more challenging with slippery snow!

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A moose in the snow.

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Instead of face painting for Halloween we became woodland animals a different way...

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Chipmunk

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=14uU9RjLMrUDG9dB51UgcOuUs2Zcm80UC
Moose

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ZiNX4rJnuSIPFLLQ-_QXkqrIaPGkP4Us
Chipmunk

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=18wwjwhQkjyIVJZI38Qp9w_PQuYQ4Y3zS
Otter

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1Ggb6Y4MBIVwAehgnavyrtBafaboaYeh9
Beaver

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1FJlpytsGjeU3VmBTXqgFITxySwjm8RR0
Chipmunk

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Still hanging in there with our outdoor eating. We call it "building grit".


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To the great excitement of the class we started Forest Jobs this week. 

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The "Forest Friend" gets to take care of one of our finger puppets. As you can imagine it's a coveted job!






Circle time around the fire kept us a bit warmer. 

I spy!

This leaf snowball survived through the weekend!

These beavers (check out their tails) worked on building their lodge.

On Tuesday we helped Farmer Sarah make a new lasagna garden bed. 

We layered cardboard and leaves on the bottom...

...and compost on top. 





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