We've been focusing on Fall and the change of seasons this week. And what better way to celebrate Fall than with a trip to the "pumpkin patch"! We had so much fun picking out our pumpkins and interacting with the animals! And our farmer clothing was on-point! Those Fall leaves have also been a source of inspiration in our lessons. We got to use eyedroppers in warm water to "extract" some frozen leaves and compare them with dry leaves. Some of us made the great observation that the water magnified the tiny details in the leaves, making those details easier to see. We talked about chlorophyll and how it makes the leaves appear mostly green during the Spring and Summer, but since the leaves produce less food in the Fall in order to prepare for Winter, the green from the chlorophyll fades away, revealing the other beautiful colours underneath. We made some colourful leaves of our own, scratching away the green crayon with coins to reveal the beautiful colours underneath! And to go along with our leaf theme, we've enjoyed having dance parties to our favourite Fall song: "Les feuilles tombent". We've also been using our beautiful Fall leaves to practice our counting and to create patterns, a theme we've been exploring in Math this week. In fact, we've been finding patterns all over the school grounds and ourselves! A big "merci" to the Rhodes family (former students of Madame's) who provided us with some real animal skulls to investigate in our Science corner. They found the skulls around their cabin and we're pretty sure that one of them is an eagle, but we haven't figured out what the other one is yet. Extra pics for your viewing pleasure:
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