Pigeons, Pitch In and Swimming!

On Tuesday, we read The Pigeon Needs a Bath and worked on drawing a pigeon picture like Mo Willems. The students had to draw their favorite part of the book and tell an adult about it. They drew some fantastic pigeons and added small details to show motion and that the pigeon was dirty. We have discussed how the pigeon is a good and bad character, how he always has a problem, over reacts to his problem and then finds a solution. When the pigeon over reacts, the author shows this by; capital letters in the speech bubble, bigger font, lots of motion lines, changes in the pigeon's face and eyes, he yells and kind of throws a temper tantrum. The students have done a great job listening to all the stories and are beginning to make comparisons between the stories. 

On Thursday, we read The Pigeon Finds A Hotdog! This is another great book where the pigeon learns about sharing. This led to a discussion about having a hotdog party and the students came up with a list of things we will need. This hot dog party will take place in May as a celebration to end our author study! The list included; hot dogs, buns, mustard, ketchup, ice cream, balloons, potato chips and a dance! Sounds like a great way to celebrate. 

Here are some pictures from our week!

L was so proud of her high climbing!

Lots of water fun with bubbles, funnels and tubes!

T made a great sand cake!

Interesting conversations going on at the castle between the boys. They  had many different characters taking part in their story. 

Building and sharing of ideas between C and H. 

The girls had a great farm story going on the flannel boards. So creative and funny!

Morning centers focusing on communication, collaboration, sharing and fine motor skills! All through play. 

Building with loose parts... T was finding all the spiders.

Exploring capacity and sensory with the seed tub.

Exploring mass... shells, pinecones, rocks and seeds. 

Helping out in the classroom means getting a sticker from Mrs. Pickett for taking library books to the library! Thanks, T!

T made me a holder from ribbon and paper. 

Pitching in to clean up!

Swim time!! So much fun in the pool. Great daily physical activity. 

Lots of jumping off the edge!

Diving for rings!

Playing ball

Jumping with friends

I love the way C is ready to go!

Getting a ride with dad!

Ending with a soak in the hot tub!

Thanks again to our volunteers!!! You are the best.

Again, here is a look at some of the photos that the students took throughout the week.

Thanks for a fun week, Kinder Kids! See you on Tuesday!

The K team...