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Today we read the wonderful book
Squirrels by Brian Wildsmith.It was a little "wordy" for my smaller children but we got to
explore new words like drey and look at the magnificent
illustrations. The pictures look watercolored. One of my little
"on the ball" boys even commented that someone painted
the pictures.
Following our story we immediately geared up for a walk outside. We went on a squirrel hunt.
I sit on my porch and watch squirrels play all day. Sometimes even taunting me as they come
close to gnaw my roof. Today.. did we find one? No.
We looked and looked.
We even took our binoculars and didnt see a squirrel one.
In honor of my failure as a teacher and a girl raised in the delta ( yes, I have eaten fried squirrel before) I promptly came in and made the situation worse by giving them a coloring sheet. Yes, it was a black line and totally against my way of teaching. I blame this one on the squirrels.
To commemorate the day - here is one of my favorite songs.
1 comment:
I love the binoculars. And I bet over the next few days, a child will see a squirrel somewhere and then come running in to tell you the story. At that point, you will be off again on another squirrel hunt.
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