Leaves and Sun oh My

This week we had a few schedule changes with the kids, including cross country meets and other extra curricular activities, so there were smaller groups. On Monday it was just myself and two of the grade two kids, so we took that opportunity to get to know eachother better. I continued the trend of Mondays the the library, and we looked at booked about the seasons as well as about Maurice Richard. Afterwards, since it began to rain, we went to a Portuguese bakery and had some hot chocolate and a treat and we talked about what they liked to do with themselves on the weekend. We have both creative and sports-crazy kids in this group. It's a fantastic mix. 

On Tuesday it was just myself and the two girls of the group, so it allowed us to do some quieter new games that sometimes get shunned for soccer. We learned some new hand-clapping games and we created new lyrics to a popular (but not the most inspiring) song. We played an invented game of "leaf tag" which involved a lot of spinning and running around chasing eachother. A lot of fun!

We ended the day by picking up some Hallowe'en stickers and incorporating them into some drawings in our sketchbooks.

Today, since it's so beautiful out, I am going to attempt to get them to collect leaves and then I'll iron them in wax paper to make some collages. Let's hope the rain holds out!

-kb