Decker Farms

We visited Decker Farms to see how people lived long ago.  We will be exploring the differences in how people lived then and now in our social studies units throughout the year.  

Watching the chickens.

Those fluffy feathers were used to stuff pillows and mattresses.

Navigating our way through the corn maize.

Farmer Harry

Pumpkins come in all sizes and colors!

Hay Ride

Practicing digging a hole to plant a seed.

Carrying a yoke.

Cleaning a rug without a vacuum.

How we washed clothes before washing machines.

Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.

We learned all about Christopher Columbus last week. We read about his travels across the Atlantic ocean in his three ships and mapped his route to find America.  Here are some pictures of us creating a special Columbus Day treat.  We had blue jello for the ocean.  We put 3 clementine slices on the jello - one for each of his three ships.  Then we made sails for our ships to mark the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.  

Apples

We spent a fall week reading about apples, sharing our apple picking stories, and then sorting apples.  We realized that we could sort apples by color, size and type.  

Morning fine motor warm up

When we arrive at school in the morning, we usually have some "free time" in the morning as we unpack and settle in.  Some mornings we do free reading on the rug.  Some mornings we do fine motor activities.  Here are some pictures of us exploring with pattern blocks.  We created some unusual pictures and patterns.