Wild Life

This morning, we journaled and put up our pretzel alphabet, then headed for rehearsal.

We were on the big stage, which was a very interesting and distracting experience. We are getting very good at performing our songs and all of the Catbirds are extremely excited about performing for family members.

We went right from performing to outside, because it was another gorgeous day. We ate our snack outside, and then set up some projects to work on.

There was some very involved building of structures with the tree blocks, as well as a continued exploration of mixing.

We monitored the comings and goings of the mother robin who has built a nest on our play structure. We also kept an eye out for the baby snapping turtle that has taken up residence in our pond. There were also quite a few insects around to study.

When friends got thirsty, we got out our squirting water bag for silly thirst quenching.

The tripod and camera were out for more portrait taking (see some below).

Friends also worked on some new paper airplane designs (it is hard to believe that there are still planes that we haven't made).

Some sample portraits from today:

Telling Our Stories

Today we took the big "I Spy" board that we had made over to the Owls, and showed them how to use it. We made a list of all of the things they could find and laminated it, so that friends could check off items as they found them. The Owls were excited to use it and dove right in!

Back in Catbird land, there was a very complex "Babies" session going on, with many crying babies and way too few caregivers.

We decided to head outside early, because it was so beautiful outside, and to help us get ready for rehearsal time.

There was new sand in the sandbox and friends were excitedly making foot and hand and body and even face prints in it. Our shadows joined us.

There were also cakes being stirred up and ice cream being sold.

We stopped to study the leaves on some of our trees. These are shaped like hearts and we noticed that the little ones are shiny and the really little ones are folded in half.

Back in the sandbox, we started making sand sculptures. The Catbirds were bringing in leaves and sticks to make eyebrows and hair.

Then it was time for rehearsal. We are sounding SOOOOO good. Tomorrow, we will practice up on the stage, getting ready for the big show on Friday.

We came back and had Snack and Morning Meeting. We read a book called, Tumble Bumble, that rhymed. Friends tried to guess what the rhyming word would be, and made up their own rhymes.

For Choice Time, we had Inside Outside Day. Friends could work inside on their stories, or read books. All of the Catbirds are enjoying writing their own books, and they will have a chance to read them at Morning Meeting. Outside, there were all of the usual activities, as well as photography and drawing.