News from the classrooms
Today is Wednesday April 2nd 2008
From the Lavender classroom
People were sweeping the floor and fixing things. We read a whale book and the person who took the pictures of the beached whale was a real person. It is a true story. The whale was sick. The coast guard tried to tow it away (into the harbor), which is kind of funny because it’s kind of like a tow truck. We also read a book about frogs and a different one about apples. We found out how honey crisps came to be.
Love,
The children of the Lavender classroom
From the Arugula classroom
Some children helped work in the garden. The seeds that we planted are beginning to sprout. We set up a light inside so the seeds would think it was the sun. All of the children came to school today. Faye was absent. We went to the park and saw that the playground is almost ready. People were working and helping get it ready and they showed us how the slide works. We only have one fly in our classroom. Thank you Adrienne (Owen’s mom)!!
Love,
The children of the Arugula classroom
From the Lavender classroom
People were sweeping the floor and fixing things. We read a whale book and the person who took the pictures of the beached whale was a real person. It is a true story. The whale was sick. The coast guard tried to tow it away (into the harbor), which is kind of funny because it’s kind of like a tow truck. We also read a book about frogs and a different one about apples. We found out how honey crisps came to be.
Love,
The children of the Lavender classroom
From the Arugula classroom
Some children helped work in the garden. The seeds that we planted are beginning to sprout. We set up a light inside so the seeds would think it was the sun. All of the children came to school today. Faye was absent. We went to the park and saw that the playground is almost ready. People were working and helping get it ready and they showed us how the slide works. We only have one fly in our classroom. Thank you Adrienne (Owen’s mom)!!
Love,
The children of the Arugula classroom
posted by Puddletown at
9:11 AM
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How did apple crisps come to be?
Honeycrisp was created at the University of Minnesota in 1960 by cross-pollinating Macoun and Honeygold varieties of apples (i.e. they were planted in close proximity to one another and when they were old enough, they made a new kind of apple, that is delicious). There is a child in the classroom who loves this kind of apple. We sing a song each day at lunch called, "The earth is good to me." Some of the lyrics to this song include, "...and so I thank the earth for giving me the things I need like the sun and the rain and the apple seed." We started singing this song on the first day of the start of our lavender community. It is a part of our everyday culture. When we started talking about seeds, planting and gardening, we began substituting "and the apple seed" with other types of fruit, vegetable, herb and nut seeds that a different child chooses each day. At the end of lunch time, we look up the stated "seed" in "The Food Lover's Companion." Tthe children sometimes prefer the familiar "apple seed." On this particular day, we looked up apple and mentioned was the honeycrisp. One thing led to another, and apparently this was a highlight of a child's day, as these tidbits of news are always in the children's words and usually written without any "leading the witness."
-Emily
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