Morning Journal: If you were a snowman, what would you do at night?

Another wonderful day in the Cardinal’s world!  We first attended our last Meeting for Worship of the year 2013. It felt really good to be in the same space with the rest of our Lower School family. It was without a doubt a wonderful experience.

Upon our return, we settled in for Morning Meeting. During this time, we read a very funny story by Caralyn & Mark Buehner titled The Snowmen Pop-Up Book.  Have you ever wondered what snowmen do while everyone is sleeping? Well in this story they sneak off to the park for snowball fights and other fun winter games! 

This humorous tale gave us the idea for our Morning Journal question, “If you were a snowman, what would you do at night?” Each Cardinal grabbed their personal colored pencils, their Journal, a snack and went to their chosen comfortable spot to do their very best work. And, to go with the theme instead of playing ambient music in the background today we listened to holiday tunes on the radio. Oh what fun it is to write in a comfortable environment...

 If you were a snowman, what would you do at night?

Tori - "Push my sister and she roll like a snowball."

Lilly - "Have a snowball fight."

Radha - "I will be making a rainbow and ice sledding."

Evan - "I would bonk my head in a tree and my head split in half and my insides would look like googly eyes."

Kate - "A snowman cooking snowballs."

Audrey - "Sledding down a giant hill."

Andrew - "Be frozen."

Noel - "Be chased by a parrot."

Violet - "Go sledding  and go over a big hill and roll into a snowball."

Katy - "I push my sister  and poke her with my carrot nose."

Wyatt - "Dance until all the snow falls off of me."

Stella - "Slide down the hill and roll off into a giant snowball."

Jayden - "Sled down with my mom and uncle and I won the race because I bumped my brother .... and I play snow fight."

Trace - "I would make bacon out of snowballs."

Kaya - "Have a snowball fight."

Young - "Play football."

A fabulous way to end our week...

We began our morning with Morning Journals. The Cardinals were encouraged to draw a picture of what they might be doing this weekend. The children had so much to say. One friend drew a picture of the “Storyland” they will be visiting and another made a drawing and wrote some words on the experience she will be having sleeping over her aunt Holly’s house.

Afterwards, we headed to the Music Room for the Winter Program rehearsal. All the 3’s/4’s classes joined Jason and some of the 4^th graders. We are SO excited and cannot wait for all our families and friends to see the performance. It will be SPECTACULAR! Please remember to dress your child with a black long sleeve top and black bottom, e.g., pants, skirts, leggins. You are welcome to add a white accessory  as a way to connect to our theme (white hair accessory, white scarf, white tie, white bowtie, etc.) 

Upon our return form Music rehearsal, we had free Choice Time were some friends imagined to be “Mommy and daughters” in the Dramatic Play Area or a Daddy feeding his “baby.”

One friend began to collect the MagnaTiles he needed to build a “car garage” and a visiting friend joined in to help. 

Another friend cooked us all a delicious “Jamaican food” dish in the Kitchen Area. 

A friend created an elaborate structure with blocks in the Block Area which she called “Aunt Holly’s House.”

In the Literacy Center, a few friends played a game of “Animal Bingo.” This game included real-life color photos of different animals such as a dog, cat, cow, chicken, bird, pig, elephant, fox, fish, sheep, donkey, duck, mouse, rabbit and horse. A friend would spin the wheel and read out loud the name it would land on. What a great way to develop listening skills, learn new words, and practice reading for those who are ready to read.

After much work indoors, we went outside to enjoy a glorious sunny and snowy day.

Before lunch, we had a friend share her V.I.P. item, her eagle’s homemade costume. Stunning! Thank you, Kate. Also, thank you for the most scrumptious muffins we had the chance to enjoy during Snack Time!

Our day ended with the sharing of a sweet snack to celebrate our friend Jayden’s 5^th birthday. Happy birthday Jayden! ¡Feliz cumpleaños!