September 30, 2016

We are walking up the hill. Bald Eagle is carrying a stick.- Milk snake and Mouse

 We had another amazing day in the forest!  This was our longest day yet.  We were able to spend THREE hours in the forest today! We began our day with our Forest Meeting and greeted each other with our forest names. Some of us were cold because we did not dress for the weather. We won't forget next week! We then discovered our sit spots. Our sit spot is our own special place in the forest where we will go every week to observe all the changes of the forest. After sit pots we had snack. We were SO hungry.

Kindergarten and first grade stretched with Mrs. Panasci in the forest.

We are eating snack. We were playing.- Red Fox and Mink

 After snack, we split into two groups to do stations. Ms. Eckert and Mr. Connor taught us about fire safety and Kelly Kettles. We searched for tinder, mouse tails, and chickadee sticks to help start the fire. We couldn't wait for the water to boil so we could drink our hot chocolate! Mrs. Koski and Mrs. Woodpecker had the students go on a nature hunt and played games in the
forest together. We played a fun game named, Pop! It was the best!

When stations ended, we had time for forest choice time. We climbed trees, played on the ropes course, made forts, and many other things! This is our most favorite time in the forest. We are so lucky to be able to do this every week!

Mrs. Panasci and Miss P joined us up in the woods too! We had music and movement together. It was a blast. We stretched, sang songs, and danced! I think the teachers were having just as much fun as the kids!

At the end of the day we gathered again in Mrs. Koski's room to write this blog. We worked together to describe what was happening in the pictures on this blog. It was amazing to see the kindergartners and first graders working together to come up with sentences about their time in the forest. Each photo this week has a caption that was written by the students. They signed their writing with their forest names! Too cool!

We hope that you have enjoyed our blog! We can't wait to get out in the forest next week and share our adventures with you! Don't forget to check out the video links at the bottom of our post!

Ms. Eckert and Mrs. Koski and the Woodland Warriors of LES

We are hugging Ms. Karner. We are waiting to switch stations.- Possum and Wild Turkey

This is our Kelly Kettle! We are so excited to make hot chocolate.

We had hot chocolate. Mr. Connor made a fire. Then he poured it in the cups.- Chipmunk and Vermont Frog

We are watching the fire. We were making hot chocolate.- Painted Turtle and Cotton-tailed Rabbit

We are working on our fort. It was fun.- Bald Eagle, Red Tailed Hawk, and Robin

We are building a fort.- Coyote, Cotton-tailed Deer, and Morning Dove

Newt followed his forest plan and climbed a tree.

Bat and Red squirrel picked up a big stick.

Newt likes music. We are singing. Ms. Palakowski is singing too. - Grey Squirrel and Newt

"We had PE up in the woods. WE were dancing and singing with Ms. P,"- Raccoon, Red Back Salamander, and  Grey Fox

Ms. Palowkowski read us an amazing story about a Blue Cockatoo!

Please check out the following links to our Music and Movement videos in the Forest! It was so much fun!

Here the Happy River
 
 Dance and Stop

 Music and Movement