Down on the Farm

To transition from our spring/growing theme from last week, we are learning about farms. After brainstorming words we already knew that are associated with farms, we looked at two books: the fictional Farmer Duck, by Martin Waddell, and the non-fiction All Around the Farm, by Heather Alexander. We then recalled a few more words we had learned after reading those books, and completed our awesome farm word wall. 

Today each student started decorating their own farmer, which will be put up in the classroom with a picture of their face. So look out for our Kozy Heart farm crew later in the week! 

During center time this morning we had three stations: Animals in the barn (play-based), barn building (spatial), and Farmer's Market  (math-based). The students are becoming very independent and can complete tasks with minimal interference from the teachers. Today the teachers concentrated on helping students with the money concept, learning that you can only buy as much food as your money will allow. Students were really catching on and having fun at the same time! We will continue to work on this concept.