Forest Friday, March 16th

"I hope to shoot a catapult." -Brave Black Bear

"I hope to help Mr. Sadowski bake egg rolls." -Magnificent Moose

"I hope to write in the forest."

We worked hard to think of what we wanted to do or see in the forest.  Some of us start by drawing a picture while others start with a sentence.  We stretch the words out like a rubber band and listen for the sounds that we hear.  Sometimes we get to write sight words which are in our "Word Garden", like 'a', 'I', and 'the' which some of us used in our journal entries that are shown above.

Even though we were away from the forest for several weeks, we were all able to remember where our sit spots were!  We had several minutes of alone time in our spots before we headed back to the benches by the fire to share what we noticed.  We noticed the trees swaying in the wind, different branches of varying shapes, and how the snow felt.

A friend from KR noticed some black things by her sit spot.  Some of us went over to investigate after our share time and also spotted some small footprints.  We think that the small footprints were deer tracks and the black things are scat!  We learned that scat is a fancy word for animal droppings. 

During play time some of us were finding the perfect spot to slide.  Others played family in the log cabin.  Being in the forest helps us use our imaginations since we don't have actual toys out there.  We have to pretend and create!

For snack we got to try egg rolls.  Almost all of us loved them and wanted seconds!  We didn't make these from scratch but we roasted them over the fire in some oil so that they would get nice and crispy.

We are amazed by how much snow is still out in the forest!  It was a bit windy today but we were sheltered from the trees.