The Nature Preschool at Irvine explored all things night! What are animals doing in the night? Which are sleeping and which are active? We turned off the lights in our classroom and had imagination stations in the dark! We used lanterns and flashlights to build, read stories, create art projects and put on puppet shows! Outside we worked in our nature journals, left out food for the night creatures, played games and looked for signs of creatures of the night.
Some highlights from our week included:
-Making marshmellow and stick constellations
-Visiting the stream in the Fox Class
-Observing our pupils dilate in changing light
-Painting faces in the Flying Squirrel Class
-Drawing the meadow in our nature journals
-Meeting a Racoon in the Chipmunk Class
-Checking on the food we left out for the animals and seeing it was all gone!
We will continue to learn about the night next week and we are all counting down the days until our Autumn night hike! Until next time!
The Nature Preschool at Irvine!
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- Rabbits rolling down a hill!
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- Rabbits Crawling!
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- Imagination stations in the night! Look at the beautiful stars!
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- Flashlights and Giggles in the Rabbit Class
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- Light Table Play
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- Using her flashlight to help see her artwork.
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- Lighting up the loft.
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- The Rabbits draw the meadow.
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- Rabbits in the shadows are working in their nature journals.
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- Rabbits in the Meadow
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- Laying in the shade.
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- Using crayons to draw what he sees in the meadow.
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- Crunchy leaves and meadow grass inspires this drawing!
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- A leaf bouquet!
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- A loose parts provocation with mirrors, tree blocks, stones and woodland animals!
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- Loose Parts Play
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- The Foxes meet a barred owl! Thank you Miss Laura!
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- They discovered a spider sack inside this piece of bamboo!
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- Drawing the Overlook!
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- Miss Swati works on patterning and numbers!
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- The night sky!
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- He brought in this wasps nest to share with the class!
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- Magnet play with Miss Kierra!
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- Tracing the letter S he found in this branch!
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- Some impromptu outdoor art!
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- She is surprised by the cool trickle of stream water into her boot!
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- Teamwork!
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- They built a see saw!
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- Balancing across this log!
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- Beautiful Yellow TreeTops
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- Smiling in Sunshine
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- The Overlook
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- She is proud of her pattern!
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- Magnet Fun!
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- Miss Samantha joins us on our hike!
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- Counting how many leaves make up this leaflet!
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- Look what we found inside this gall!
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- Flying Squirrels laying back and drawing in the meadow.
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- Nature Journals
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- Drawing in their sit spot!
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- Sit Spots and Nature Journals in the Meadow
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- Drawing in the dark!
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- Easel painting in costume!
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- Miss Laura introduces the barred owl to the Flying Squirrels!
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- Face painting in the Flying Squirrel Class!
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- How do you look?
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- Miss Meghan and the Flying Squirrels!
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- What time is it Mr. Fox?
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- Lunchtime!
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- Flying Squirrels Class Photo!
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- A nocturnal creature is digging in the outdoor classroom!
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- A powerful animal of the night!
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- Cooking in the Mud Kitchen
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- Smiles with Miss Shannon
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- Building in the Night
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- The Coyotes work in their Nature Journal at the overlook!
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- Smiling Coyotes
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- Miss Laura and the barred owl meet the coyotes.
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- Walking on the trail.
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- Miss Tiffany is sailing away on this tree boat with a coyote friend!
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- Animals in the night art!
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- Loos Parts Play
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- Holding Hands on the Hike
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- The coyotes are crawling in the woods!
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- We loved having parents volunteer to help on picture day! Here a little coyote is showing Miss Joy a discovery!
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- The Chipmunks play on the big log pile!
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- Building nests in the tipi area!
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- Constellations with marshmallows and sticks!
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- Painting at the easel!
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- Miss Erica and some chipmunks in dramatic play!
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- Sticky Star Constellations!
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- Light Puppet shows with the projector!
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- The children use shadow puppets and create a story!
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- The chipmunks meet a raccoon!
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- Playing with Miss Devon!
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- A kitty cat in the night!
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- The chipmunks are loving these animals masks!
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- Miss Devon and Miss Emily love masks too!
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- Peering out from this log!
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- Observing their pupils dilate with the changing light.
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- Reading about nocturnal animals in the bear class!
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- Looking for birds using this field guide!
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- Walking throught the woods!
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- Making Nature Stew!
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- Hiking in the Bears class!
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- I spot a smiling bear!
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- Writing with sticks in the dirt!
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- Working in her nature journal!
