A mushroom update

Why did the mushroom get invited to all the parties?

Because he's a real fungi!

A real fun guy named Mr. Field's came and visited the wonderful world of kindergarten and brought something special. He brought mushrooms that you could pick and eat and grow.

Maia and her dad set right to work at the island, talking about all the types of mushrooms, 

and mushroom names.

The children explored the mushrooms with magnifying glasses and our computer Zoomie.

Many of the children were very curious. There is a mushroom that is so big that it is kilometres wide 

and would take all day to walk across it!

The underside of the mushroom looked just like a coral rock from the shell basket.

Things that make you go, 'Hmmmmm....'

 

There were many things to wonder about.

 

We can keep on growing the mushroom, and eat the mushroom,

but mostly we love to investigate the mushroom!

A Plan or A Picture?

Today we talked about the difference between a plan and a picture.

The importance of a plan is that the thinking is happening before the doing.

What happens when it comes time to carry out the plan?

*Trial and error

*Changes

*Additions

*Perseverance

*Following thinking/project to completion

The importance of drawing a picture is that the thinking comes after the doing.

How is a drawing a picture of something a child has created different than a plan?

*Copying

*Observation of detail

*Representation of object

*Discussion of three dimensional objects

*Trial and error

*Developing focus

*Self correction

Big Block Play

Sharing space and resources in the wonderful world of kindergarten gives us a LARGE area for our BIG BLOCKS!  Ooohhhh the worlds that have been built.

Plans are made on COLLOSAL chart paper.  Thinking, negotiating, wondering, friend-making... considering.

MASSIVE mountains for MAMMOTH dinosaurs build MAJOR muscles and mathematical minds. 

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TREMENDOUS travelers FULL of fancy, flying through the galaxy, feeling like they can go anywhere and do anything.

               Conquering, climbing, carrying, co-operating.

CROWDED, problem solving, conflict resolving.

SPACIOUS stacking

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OVER-SIZED tubes and peek-a-boo.

CONSIDERABLE conversations.

Sturdy, stable, SIZABLE structures.

TERRIFICALLY high tubular towers.

Buckets CHOCK FULL of small blocks, block area BRIMMING with play.

Parking lots PACKED and SENSATIONAL stories.

BIG BLOCKS equals BRAWNY muscles and BRAINY children!