Fine Motor Fun!

We had a seriously fun week at school! The children worked really hard this week and classroom time was extremely productive. We decided to take advantage of the warm weather and spent much of Thursday outside. While the juniors and seniors played baseball, the casa's took a walk over to Kelso Beach to play on the climber. I love that this park is walking distance for us. The walk allows the children to learn how to walk in a group, to be safe along a road and to listen to instructions from adults.  Once at the park every little muscle in their growing body gets a workout. From climbing the monkey bars, sliding across the zip line, swinging on the swings and running on the grass. Needless to say, the walk home always takes a little longer than the one there!

We got lucky on Friday as well, with the rain holding off all day. There were only five children at school and they had a very busy day working as a group. I ended up calling it 'Fine Motor Friday' as their little hands got a workout all day. We started off by making delicious gluten free pancakes made with quinoa, teff, amaranth and brown rice flour. Then we made a special craft that will hang at our hooks in the boot room. After lunch we made play-doh, ate animal crackers and worked together with the straws and connectors. I think everyone went home tired after that big day!  *the children who missed the craft will get to do it next week.

The girls all noticed that everything we did started with 'P'- pancakes, painting, playing and pink play-doh! Here are a few pictures to highlight our fun week.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Kate