Co-op
Today was co-op. Normally we don't meet on Tuesday, but Gracie was sick Monday, so we tried waiting until today. Unfortunately, our math teacher, Aunt Carolyn, was not able to make it today, so we only had 3 sessions instead of the usual 4.
Aunt Amy continued her study of owls with her classes and the kids studied the nesting habits of owls. It seems, from my limited knowledge, that owls don't build their own nests. They either take possession of an abandoned nest, or kick out some other bird/animal (hawks, crows, squirrels, etc) and use their nest. So, the kids learned how to be a bird today. They practiced "eating" meat with their "beaks" (aka tweezers) and their "claws" (aka corn cob holders). Ruth tells me it was quite tricky eating like a bird. Then, the salad tongs were used as a beak to make a nest. Aunt Amy instructed on the building of a nest, showed real-life examples and let the kids have a go. In the end, she tried to blow the nest apart and by all accounts, the nests held against the wind.
Gabriel and Ruth building their nest.
We went outside for recess. The kids had a ball, despite the cool temps. We've had the parking lot plowed a time or two and there are now nice mounds of snow around the perimeter of the lot. These mounds were perfect for rolling around on, down and over.
Aunt Amy continued her study of owls with her classes and the kids studied the nesting habits of owls. It seems, from my limited knowledge, that owls don't build their own nests. They either take possession of an abandoned nest, or kick out some other bird/animal (hawks, crows, squirrels, etc) and use their nest. So, the kids learned how to be a bird today. They practiced "eating" meat with their "beaks" (aka tweezers) and their "claws" (aka corn cob holders). Ruth tells me it was quite tricky eating like a bird. Then, the salad tongs were used as a beak to make a nest. Aunt Amy instructed on the building of a nest, showed real-life examples and let the kids have a go. In the end, she tried to blow the nest apart and by all accounts, the nests held against the wind.
Grace, Isaiah, and Nate building their nest
The finished nest
Grace, Nate, Isaiah and the finished nest
Gabriel and Ruth building their nest.
The finished nest
We went outside for recess. The kids had a ball, despite the cool temps. We've had the parking lot plowed a time or two and there are now nice mounds of snow around the perimeter of the lot. These mounds were perfect for rolling around on, down and over.
David has told me he will be a paleontologist when he grows up (there is a shortage of them, you see, so David is hoping to cash in on that shortage). Here he found me a bone to examine.
Isaiah and Nate sliding down the snow mound
Mo just hung out with me. She also helped to brush the snow off of everyone.
David's paleontologist side-kick, Isaiah and his bone.
Grace, having just slid down the hill, stopped only long enough for a quit shot and then she was off and running again.
King...er....Queen of the Hill
Byron spent most of his outside time on top of the ridge and then throwing himself down on his bottom and sliding down it.
Dave and Andrew tackling the mountain of snow
I forgot the lessons for the PreK kids, so they had some play time and 30 minutes of quiet time. Everyone has their own rug and a stack of books to look through.
Except Mo, who had something like 8 books, but she can't count yet, so I cut her some slack.
Andrew did really great I thought. He sat on his rug and looked for all the world like he knew every word on every page.
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