As snow melted and the temperature started getting warmer Nature Preschool explored the changes in the late winter season. Did the groundhog see his shadow? We hope not, because we are ready to spot signs of spring! On the trail we used our senses to find animal tracks, mud, ice; a little bit of everything! We especially loved sledding in the meadow, building snow creatures and throwing snowballs at trees!
Our favorite moments this week:
-The Flying Squirrels went fishing in the sandbox, listening to nature, and observing what melt and what didn’t at circle time
-The Bears created huge slush puddles, building forts outside, and observed how color disperses differently in hot and cold water!
-The Chipmunks found deer, raccoon, and fox tracks on the trails!
-The Foxes met a grey tree frog and learned how they survive through the winter.
-The Coyotes has special story times with birthday visitors, built a nature snowman, and met up with the Chipmunks in the outdoor classroom!
-The Rabbits built an alien snow creature and melted ice with their body heat
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- Bears counting natural materials!
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- Pretend play under the loft!
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- Bear Play
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- Bear Discovery
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- Banging out our cheesecakes.
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- New bear friend!
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- Music Outdoors
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- Straddling a log!
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- Wet Sandpit Play
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- Painting Snow
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- Snowy Sensory Bin
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- Revealing snowflakes!
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- Yoga in the Chipmunk class!
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- Scarf Patterns
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- The Snow Queen and her loyal subjects!
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- Groundhogs!
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- Meeting Kiri the hedgehog!
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- Miss Alicia and the chipmunks count stamps!
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- Twins!
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- A new chipmunk friend!
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- Climbing Chipmunks!
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- Winter Chef
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- Who’s there?
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- Snow Angels!
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- Chipmunks overlooking the meadow!
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- Class Picture
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- Miss Devon and a chipmunk friend sledding!
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- Smile!
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- Name Practice
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- Building with recycled materials!
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- Wet Chalk on Bark
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- Shopping at the fresh market in the coyote class!
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- A parent visitor!
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- Trying out the guitar!
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- Spying on the coyote class!
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- Sledding in the meadow!
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- Peeking out from under a sled!
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- He lost a boot!
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- Miss Meghan and a coyote friend!
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- The lovely coyote interns!
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- Cold Weather Gear! Check!
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- Toadstool Balancing
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- The coyotes and the chipmunks throwing snowballs at the trees!
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- Miss Devon and a new chipmunk friend!
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- Eating snow!
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- Animal Tracks!
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- Someone has been gnawing on this log!
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- Hugging our snowman friend!
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- Smile Coyotes!
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- Throwing snowballs and aiming at a target!
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- Sledding Fun
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- Big Laughs
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- He is going super fast!
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- Miss Meghan, Mr. Luke and the coyotes sledding in the amphitheater!
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- Miss Nancy and the flying squirrels making some tasty snack!
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- Rolling dice and using stamps to recreate the number!
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- Fishing in the outdoor classroom!
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- What did you catch?
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- Taking 20 seconds to lay down and listen to nature! We heard birds and a tractor!
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- Did you know that there are barracudas and sharks in our sandbox?
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- Creating slushy mud puddles!
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- Mud pie anyone?
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- Wet chalk on bark!
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- The winter woods sensory bin!
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- Weaving with grasses and recycled looms!
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- Look at his long block line!
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- Decorating bark with wet chalk.
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- Miss Erin reading to the fox class!
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- Foxes sledding in the meadow!
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- Hands full of snow!
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- The perfect snowball!
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- Decorating the meadow benches with little snow people!
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- Cooking up birthday cupcakes in the outdoor classroom!
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- She caught an alligator!
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- She spots opposite branches!
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- Rabbits at the light table !
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- Building small worlds with train tracks!
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- Painting snow in the sensory bin in the rabbits class!
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- Pippetts, dye and snow!
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- Marshmallow Names
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- Color sorting popsicle sticks!
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- Miss Eliza helping a rabbit friend make a groundhog hole!
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- Sensory Bin Fun
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- Snow Angels
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- Happy smiles on the trail!
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- What temperature is outside?
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- Can you see the temperature going down?
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- Snow alien!
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- The rabbits pose next to their snow alien friend!
