Greetings Turtle Families!

The mud in the forest is back, making the mud kitchen a busy place. We’ve been given a second mud kitchen for our forest area, which has completed the little space, providing room for many cooks at once! We took advantage of the soft ground to practice using the hammer and nails once more. Every child cleared leaves to create their own spot and hammered a large nail into the ground and then practiced prying it out.

On Wednesday, we took a walk to the farm and talked about the wildlife on campus. The students were surprised to learn that all three kindergarten classes (The River Otters, Beavers, and Turtles of course!) are named after animals that live on our campus. The beaver and the otter are the most elusive but there was one spotting of an otter so far this year. Once at the farm, we had the opportunity to watch the third graders engaged in their farm chores. They talked with us about their responsibilities and we were able to see the goats nibbling feed from their hands right in front of us. We looked at the different types of feed for the goats, chickens, and donkeys and patted the donkeys on their heads.

Ki Ieva spent time with us in our class this week. She is our wonderfully talented handwork teacher who will be spending some time with kindergarten on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. We finger knitted, learned how to roll yarn into balls, and worked on finger chaining as well. She is an amazing teacher and we are so happy that she will be sharing some of her time with us!

Reminders/Announcements:

Wednesday, December 15th is the last day of our Fall Semester! Wow :)
It’s the final week of our TOY DRIVE for Must ministries. Please donate a new, unwrapped toy during carpool or you can make a monetary donation here, if desired.

Kindly,

Ki Amy