We're starting a new theme about farms, pumpkins and apples. Today we set up a farmer's market in our play area. So far in our store we have gourds, pumpkins of various sizes including mini and tiger striped pumpkins, Indian corn, and pine cones. We have scales to weigh our pumpkins with, a phone, a phone book, a cash register (with money in it that we hand out to our customers...it's a great place to shop!), little pumpkin containers and bags to bag up your purchases. We also discussed a name for our shop and so far we have Pumpkin Farm and Red Room Farm Market. We're going to think of other ideas for the name of our shop and then vote on it tomorrow so we can make signs for our market. We'll also discuss other things that we might be able to add to our market.
We put one of our ears of corn in a dish with water in it to see what will happen and we'll observe any changes that we see. We'll document any changes by writing about it and drawing what we see.
The computer is well liked by all the children and they are learning to navigate and choose which games and stories they enjoy. It's been wonderful for the children to learn some independence with the computer and to see them so successful!
I sent home Scholastic book selections if you're interested and reminders about school pictures on Wednesday and our trip to Circle S Farms on Thursday. The children are getting very excited about the trip as we read about pumpkins on the farm today and how they will get to pick out their very own pumpkin and play in the hay barn.
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