Today we walked out to the lake in town and met a team of high school students from the Skills USA group and their teacher, Mr. Barker. We discussed why we would want a bird feeding station at the lake, where it would go and how we would need their help to design and build it. The kindergartners and I held hands to make a large circle and then we moved to a spot that wouldn't be too close to the road, but would be somewhat close to the trees, so that the birds could fly to cover, if a hawk came after them. The high school students and Mr. Barker did some measurements and discussed some interesting things about building it.
Afterwards, the k-kids and I discussed the season of summer, so we could come back and write about it as a class. It is still summer until September 23rd. Kindergartners need to know about the seasons for part of their science and math standards. We noticed some signs of summer: the grass and leaves were green, the weather was hot, the apples were green on the trees and there were many insects around.
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| This girl found a dead Cicada on the way. |
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| We thought the blue damselflies were cool! |
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| Here they are on the bridge! |
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| We moved our circle to just the right spot. |
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| Here are the kids who cooperated and prepared a creation that they will be proud of when its completed. |
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| We had to sit at the picnic table to look for and discuss the signs of summer. |
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