Building a Community

The children showed their creativity and design sense when they built gingerbread houses this week. They constructed many different and unique homes from the variety of ingredients donated by parents. When they completed their homes they arranged them on a small map according to their coordinates. Thank you to all the parents for the many donations and a special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Ackroyd, Mrs. Roiu, Mrs. Foley, and Mrs. Wicklund for volunteering their time!

Water! Water! Everywhere!

This week the children finished up their study of water by making water wheels and looking at water quality. They were very successful discovering the locations of four samples of water. By looking at the color, clarity, and smell of the samples, they were able to determine they were looking at ocean, swamp, faucet, and dish water.
Finally, they worked in cooperative groups and made water wheels. Their goal was to use flowing water to move the wheel and lift a load. In the end, all groups were successful and some a little wet!