Dr. Martin Luther King and Beach Party Week

We began our week with a celebration of diversity!

Here's 3 books we read on Monday.

The 1st two are obvious choices for MLK day.

The Alphabet Tree is a multifaceted learning tool...

on the surface it shows us how letters group together to form words,

how words join to make sentences...

The most important sentence they made?

"Peace on Earth, Goodwill towards ALL men!"

 

Here we are creating our own 

LAND of MANY COLORS

We had a social experiment in judging by appearances.

I offered the kids the choice of two bags.

Both had something to eat in it.

Both were approximately the same weight and size.

The only difference was the outside.

One was very sparkly and lovely.

The other was a plain brown bag.

The kids unanimously voted for the fancy bag...

Inside we found......cat food!

Oh no!

The plain bag had M&M's!

After much discussion about

"It's on the inside what matters"

We did share the candy!

3 more family projects:

Nice!

Due to our early dismissal on Thursday,

we began our Beach Party on Tuesday afternoon.

During our regular choice time we took out the beach day centers:

Bubbles!

Sand!

And WATER!

Under the sea journaling with Mrs. G

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY

PICS...

making sailboats with Mrs. Gnadt and...

painting with bubbles:

 BEAUTIFUL!!!!

bubbles were a favorite choice time activity

 "pirate" legos were, too!

the boats turned out adorable!

Finally it was beach party day!!!!

We also had a switch-a-roo day!

Here's some pics of Mrs. Kalmes' class in our room

painting clams 

                                     

and playing....we were in Mrs. Pilger's room

playing Beach Bingo

later we went to Mrs. Kalmes' to paint rainbow fish

What a fun day!

 Some of Mrs. Pilger's kiddos

 Here's a few of our beach bunnies!

Snack...starfish! 

chocolate covered, of course!

One of our favorite beach books!

ALOHA!