Popcorn, Pumpkins & Puffballs

Today began with some discussions about popcorn.  I brought in a popcorn machine and we discussed how the machine heats oil and corn and that when the corn got too hot...it pops out of its casing




so much suspense...




very exciting...










we checked on our bean sprouts



we went off to centers




we had some visitors from Grand Ave School who read to us...



it was time to go get our pumpkins...





























today we used some clothes pins and puffballs to work on our counting and fine motor skills 



we worked on shapes and measuring






sorry...restricted...


we planted some grass seed today




Cameron wanted to build "towers"




handwriting and literacy...


Have a great weekend...

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