Was there a full moon today?  Everyone was a little cranky this morning.  Lots of wiggling bodies and distracted faces makes for a VERY long day!

Ms. Michelle came today and we finally got to go outside again!  First, we took off our shoes and popped bubble wrap with our feet.  It was really cool to feel.  We took turns walking, running, and jumping down the bubble wrap path.  She also brought some really cool things for us to touch and feel with our hands.  We divided into groups and half the group found jewels hidden in a tub of beans while the other friends found animals hidden in moon sand.  If you've never felt moon sand, I highly recommend it.  It's one of those things that you can't stop touching.  It's soft and squishy and sticky and.....very difficult to stop touching!  Before we left Ms. Michelle, she mixed up a glue/orange paint mixture and the kids made pumpkins.  We started out using paint brushes, but everyone really wanted to get their hands involved, so we gave up the fight and finger painted for a while!

Our book today was Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert.  The kids learned about all the wonderful vegetables we eat that grow in gardens and on farms.  They all had comments about the vegetables they liked and didn't like to eat.  We even learned about some new vegetables we had never heard of like cabbage and zucchini and onions. 

Did I forget to mention that the Touch and Feel pool today was filled with CORN!  Each child got an ear of corn to shuck.  We talked about the husks and the silk was part of the corn, but we only ate what was on the cob.  Important to mention to the children.....you cook the corn first!!  We learned that after several of them tried to take a bite!!

We used the corn from the Touch and Feel for our art today.  We made corn pictures using all the parts of the corn to paint.  The cob became a roller that made neat patterns, the husks made long paintbrushes or pencils, and the silk gave our picture some nice texture.  We will send them home tomorrow after they have had time to dry. 

I'm glad we got all the wiggles out today.....tomorrow is full of activity!  The kids will be too busy to wiggle.....and our day is too exciting to be distracted!