November 4, 2016

Thank you Mr. Raccoon (Jerry Tucker) for spending the day in the forest with us today! We appreciate you helping tend and create the fire that kept us warm. Thanks also for playing with us on the rope swing and hanging out in Dirt City!
       The kids had so much fun playing in the dirt that came time for lunch they were pretty well coated. As we began eating, one of the students got some dirt on her sandwich to which she stated, "I can't eat this... I am not a dirt-a-terian!" I had to try so hard not to burst out laughing as she was quite serious! Enjoy our day!

Kindergarteners decided to come up the steep hill trail today! They met the first graders at camp. The first graders had gone up early to start the fire and get the site ready for the day!

IT was cold and wet today! We were glad to be able to sit around the fire to enjoy our snack today after sit spots!

Mrs. Sparrow had baked us some yummy apple cinnamon muffins! We liked them so much we asked for seconds.

During exploration time some students found squishy brown growths growing on a broken tree branch. We were so curious about what these were. We decided to take it back to school and look it up! We will keep you posted.

Here is a picture of our teepee! Mr. Troy, one of our custodians, made it for his hunting camp but will not need it until  next spring. So, he brought it up to our site and put it together. We read a story and had tea in the teepee today!

This was    last day at Forest Friday. He had to move to a new school. We miss you! Please come back and visit!

Moose is exploring the massive rootball of a tree that we found in Dirt City! The kids are so excited to explore all that Dirt City has to offer. We used sticks to dig out some of the rocks today.

During stations, Ms. Black Bear was reading a story, Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock, about a tricky spider who convinced animals to walk with him in the forest and then he stole all their food. The kids loved drinking tea and listening to the story. Later that day, the students found moss on rocks all over our campsite!

Skunk, Painted Turtle, Woodpecker, and Grey Fox  enjoyed making and eating s'mores today during stations!

Chipmunk loves S'Mores!

The students enjoyed trying to keep the balloon in the air for as long as possible without popping it! Mrs. Panasci always has fun games and activities for us to do in the forest!

Mr. Raccoon made a fire for us today to keep us warm!

It is amazing the trees are still standing after we climb them!

My Dad played with me on the rope swing! IT was so fun, said Raccoon!

I will leave you with the quote of the day that was overheard as Bobcat, Red Tailed Hawk, and Bald Eagle were deciding on their play... "You can't be 29. That is a grown up number. You can be 12."