Picked a Strawberry

We are so lucky to look across the street from our school and find one of our town's strawberry fields.  On Friday, we took a tractor ride across the street to do some strawberry picking!  We've been learning in class about life cycles of plants and animals so this was the perfect trip to see what some plants can produce.  These plants produce something red, sweet, and juicy!

We've also been singing this song all week to the tune of "Clementine"--

Picked a strawberry, picked a strawberry,

that was growing in the sun.

Then I washed it, and I ate it.

And I picked another one!

And, speaking of eating one, the man in charge told the children that they could certainly give some strawberries a taste test before putting them in their containers to take home.  Here is a picture of Megan and Austin--see, Megan has already given that strawberry a little taste!

The sun stayed behind the clouds for us on Friday morning and the cool breeze was so nice.  The children definitely had fun picking and eating and picking and eating!

When our tummies and containers were full of strawberries, we headed back to school.  What a great experience we had! 

Mother Goose Came to School

Last week, Mother Goose made her rounds to each Kindergarten classroom in our school sharing her riddles, rhymes, and stories with all the boys and girls.  They were her captive audience!  She read some aloud to them, and also taught them some actions and movements to go along with her rhymes. 

The boys stood up to help her say what little boys are made of--

Frogs, and snails, and puppy dog tails!



The children are using their arm as a tick tocking clock for

Hickory Dickory Dock!



This Mother Goose, played by a former teacher, travels from school to school sharing her love of literacy.  I think the children would have let her stay all day!