Our week so far.....our learning focus is reptiles!

Tank is not quite ready for transferring with a spoon but he is doing very well transferring with his pincer grip.

Iish admiring his sorting reptile work.

Princess enjoying the knobless cylinder extension cards.

We made paper chain snakes....

Merlin doing the frog life cycle work.

Peanut started with the three primary colours to create different colours for her painting.

Two friends having fun working with the knobless cylinders together....

Geography

Little Tank loves this little Canada Map puzzle....he is still a little young for it but never fear, his friends will gladly lend a hand.

Europe Mapwork...

Practical Life

Combing her hair......

Wet pouring with a funnel from wide to narrow mouth container....

Washing windows...

Sensorial

Working with the cylinder blocks and knobless cylinders.......keeping hold of the binoculars, just in case a cool bird shows up at the birdfeeder.

Working with geometric solids with a friend...little Tank is watching and learning!

Language

Working with the moveable alphabet!

Reading and discussing books together....

Sandpaper letters and the salt tray...

Science

Frog Life Cycle work.....

Bird watching.......see our spring branches are coming into leaf.

Everyone working in the classroom this morning.....

What a busy bunch of children....

That's the satisfied look of a little boy who has just completed this cylinder block for the first time on his own.

Iish working with the North American map....

A busy Friday at Tree House...small class today as two students were away!

We made Irish Stew for our lunch today....

Iish writing his letters in the salt tray...

St. Patrick's Day Hunt....

What are they looking for?

Iish found some....

"Lucky Money"

What a difference in temperatures from this morning's outdoor time....

A little of what we have been up to this week!

I love the look of concentration on Merlin's face......

We make our own hummus for our snacks......so much fun and so healthy for the children.

Grinding the garlic cloves...

Mixing in the garlic....

Juicing the lemons....and yes when we were finished we all tasted the lemons.

Yeah the snow is melting....the mom in me sees lots of wash...but the teacher in me sees a great sensorial experience for the children.

The children are having a blast!

A stick and some mud....the simplest toys are the best!

We could definately participate in a "Tide" commercial!

There is something soothing about watching the water rush by....

Pretending to fish....

MYC music class on Wednesday....

I love this shot.....Tank is watching Mrs. Becca so intently.

Flowerpot worked with the World Map Puzzle...

Next comes North America...

....here's where it goes.

...and finally Europe. I wish I had the camera ready for the second after this. Flowerpot looked up and raised her hands in the air and exclaimed "I did it". Those are some of my favorite words.

I am so proud of all my students...they all work so hard each day. You are all really growing!!!