It's been a week of new experiences for many of us! On Wednesday, we did our first "forest walk". We began by gathering for a land acknowledgment in French, which we have memorized incredibly well! We remember that it is a privilege to run and play freely on land that used to belong to the Katzie people. Madame also went all "Fred Penner" and brought her ukulélé for us to sing "Dans la forêt", an adapted version of "Down by the Bay" that has us singing about all kinds of strange things we may see in the forest! Some of us enjoyed trying out the ukulélé ourselves afterward. And it was time for some old-school play!... making sling-shots out of sticks, building forts with branches and other items we gathered, rolling over logs and discovering worms and bugs... We even discovered what we dubbed "ancient sticks"... smooth sticks that had lines etched into them, almost like someone had drawn on them with a carving tool. We also got to try roller-blading on Thursday! This was a new experience for many of us and we were very grateful for the support (literally!) from our big buddies. Some of us made amazing progress in the short 45 minutes that we were rolling around the gym. And it's a new month! And not just any new month... it's December! Woohoo!! (Bring on the chocolate advent calendars!) Seeing as it's the darkest month of the year, Madame decided that it's time we started tracking the moon's cycles. We love the moon light that Madame put up by our class rainbow, which can display the basic shape of the moon as it is currently. Every day for the month of December, we will record the moon's shape on our tracking sheet. Extra photos...
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