The Oaks have been busy exploring, creating and playing with friends in the fabulous fall weather. We have been focusing on building friendships, expanding imaginative play, and enjoying the natural world.
Snake!
Turtles and Worms and Slugs- Oh my!
The children have observed many animals over the past few weeks including an Eastern Box Turtle, green frogs, toads, millipedes, centipedes, butterflies and moths, worms, slugs, spiders, roly polies, beetles and a snake.
Outdoor Exploration
We spend hours outdoors every day with the children engaging in activities that foster their language, fine motor, gross motor, math and social-emotional development- and their love of nature!
Several kids worked together for three days at Hilltop Home, collecting rocks and making the Titanic, then a dragon’s den and, finally, a ring of fire (like the Pacific volcanos). They stretched their bodies, imaginations and social skills.
We worked as a class to build a bridge across the dry creek bed. Hoping for some rain soon!
Playground Fun
At the start of the day, the children enjoy creative play on the Oaks playground. We read the book, Not a Box, and many kids have enjoyed turning boxes into rocketships, houses (for people and worms), the Titanic and more!
Indoor Exploration
In our beautiful indoor space the children are free to choose what they want to do. They enjoy treasures from nature, building materials, dress ups, blocks, toy animals, little people, vehicles, puzzles, magnatiles, play dough, drawing and writing materials, books and more,
Reading Wonderful Books
We read “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” at the “Troll Bridge” and then acted out our own versions of the story (with trolls, then cheetahs, and tigers and ninjas!)
The Titanic book from a child’s home was fun to share with friends.
Ahh. Enjoying a book in solitude lying in a dry creek bed.
Frog & Toad joined us at Hilltop Home for the story “The Surprise.”
Books We Read
Mattland by Hazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert
If Everybody Did by Jo Ann Stover
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer
The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
“The Surprise” in Frog and Toad All Year
Up, Up, Down by Robert Munsch
Do Unto Otters: A Book about Manners by Laurie Keller
& The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Songs We Sang
Fall is Here (Tune: Frere Jacques)
Fall is Here.
Fall is Here.
Time for Fun.
Time for Fun.
Piles of Leaves for Jumping.
Carving out the pumpkin.
Blackbirds fly.
Apple pie.
Here We are Together
Here we are together, together, together
Here we together at the Oaks Nature School,
with. (child’s name) and (child’s name).. etc.. and ____.
Here we are together, at the Oaks Nature School.
Class Rules (tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Here are rules for you and me
See how useful they can be
Show respect, be safe and kind
Be responsible all the time
These are rules that we all know
and we follow these rules wherever we go
Clean-up Song
We looked at the clock and what does it say,
Now its time to put everything away,
Clean up time
Clean up time
Now its time to put everything away.
& “The Ants Go Marching One by One” & more!
Audubon Nature Preschool 